SM UB-117
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-117.
SM UB-117 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 6 May 1918 as SM UB-117.[Note 1]
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-117. | |
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Name | UB-117 |
Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917[1] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,714,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 323 |
Launched | 21 November 1917[2] |
Commissioned | 6 May 1918[2] |
Fate | Surrendered 26 November 1918, broken up in 1919 / 20[2] |
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Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
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Length | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.70 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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Operations: | 3 patrols |
Victories: |
5 merchant ships sunk (9,342 GRT) |
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UB-117 was surrendered to the British on 26 November 1918 and broken up in Felixstowe in 1919 / 20.[2]