SM UB-111 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 5 April 1918 as SM UB-111.
UB-111 was surrendered to Britain on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Bo'ness in 1919-20.
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-111 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Kptlt. Egon von Werner. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-111 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.82NaN2 deck gun. UB-111 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7420nmi. UB-111 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.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[1] | Fate[2] | |
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24 August 1918 | Hollandia | Netherlands | 103 | Sunk | |
24 August 1918 | Majoor Thomson | Netherlands | 113 | Sunk | |
24 August 1918 | Maria Johanna | Netherlands | 126 | Sunk | |
24 August 1918 | Neerlandia II | Netherlands | 100 | Sunk | |
24 August 1918 | Neerlandia III | Netherlands | 117 | Sunk | |
24 August 1918 | Secunda | Netherlands | 30 | Sunk | |
24 August 1918 | Stella | Netherlands | 105 | Sunk |