SM UB-104 explained

SM UB-104 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 German Imperial Navy on 15 March 1918 as SM UB-104.

UB-104 was sunk by mine in at the Northern Barrage on 19 September 1918.

Construction

See main article: Type UB III submarine. She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 1 September 1917. UB-104 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Ernst Berlin. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-104 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.82NaN2 deck gun. UB-104 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7420nmi. UB-104 had a displacement of 519lk=inNaNlk=in while surfaced and 649t when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3kn when surfaced and when submerged.

Summary of raiding history

DateNameNationalityTonnage[1] Fate[2]
2 August 1918Flevo X Netherlands111Sunk
2 August 1918Remke Netherlands193Sunk
3 August 1918Cambrai France963Sunk
13 August 1918Frida Denmark395Sunk
13 August 1918Jönköping 1 Sweden1,546Sunk
14 August 1918Wallsend United Kingdom2,697Sunk
14 September 1918Gibel Hamam United Kingdom647Sunk
15 September 1918Kendal Castle United Kingdom3,885Sunk
16 September 1918Ethel United Kingdom2,336Sunk
16 September 1918Lord Stewart United Kingdom1,445Sunk
17 September 1918Ursa Sweden1,740Sunk

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Notes and References

  1. Tonnages are in gross register tons
  2. ub104. UB 104. 1boat. 9 March 2015.