SM UB-59
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SM UB-59 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 Flanders Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 25 August 1917 as SM UB-59.[Note 1]
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-59. | |
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German Empire | |
Name | UB-59 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916[1] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 271 |
Laid down | 13 September 1916[2] |
Launched | 21 July 1917[3] |
Commissioned | 25 August 1917[3] |
Fate | Scuttled 5 October 1918 off Zeebrugge at 51°19′N 03°12′E[3] |
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Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
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Length | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[3] |
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Operations: | 5 patrols |
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She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge. UB-59 scuttled 5 October 1918 off Zeebrugge at 51°19′N 03°12′E during the evacuation of Belgium by German forces.[3]