SM UB-51
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-51.
SM UB-51 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the Pola Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 26 July 1917 as SM UB-51.[Note 1]
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-51. | |
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Name | UB-51 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916[1] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 296 |
Launched | 8 March 1917[2] |
Commissioned | 26 July 1917[2] |
Fate | Surrendered 16 January 1919; broken up at Swansea[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 | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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Operations: | 6 patrols |
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She operated as part of the Pola Flotilla based in Cattaro. UB-51 was surrendered 16 January 1919 with the remainder of the Pola Flotilla following orders by Admiral Reinhard Scheer to return to port. UB-51 was later broken up at Swansea.[2]