SM UB-17
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SM UB-17 was a German Type UB I submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The submarine disappeared during a patrol in March 1918.
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German Empire | |
Name | UB-17 |
Ordered | 25 November 1914[1] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
Yard number | 226[1] |
Laid down | 21 February 1915[1] |
Launched | 21 April 1915[1] |
Commissioned | 4 May 1915[1] |
Fate | Disappeared after 11 March 1918[1] Found in July 2013 |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Type UB I submarine |
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Length | 27.88 m (91 ft 6 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 3.03 m (9 ft 11 in) |
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Test depth | 50 metres (160 ft) |
Complement | 14 |
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Notes | 33-second diving time |
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Operations: | 91 patrols[1] |
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UB-17 was ordered in November 1914 and was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in February 1915. UB-17 was a little under 28 metres (92 ft) in length and displaced between 127 and 141 tonnes (125 and 139 long tons), depending on whether surfaced or submerged. She carried two torpedoes for her two bow torpedo tubes and was also armed with a deck-mounted machine gun. UB-17 was broken into sections and shipped by rail to Antwerp for reassembly. She was launched in April 1915 and commissioned as SM UB-17 in May.[Note 1]
UB-17 spent her entire career in the Flanders Flotilla and sank 13 ships, most of them British fishing vessels. She also captured two ships as prizes and damaged one tanker. On 11 March 1918, UB-17 departed for a patrol in the Hoofden but was never seen again. There have been several suggestions as to UB-17's fate, but none match the U-boat's operation details.
In July 2013, UB-17 was found off England's east coast, near the county of Suffolk by archaeologists.[4]