SM UB-117 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 6 May 1918 as SM UB-117.
UB-117 was surrendered to the British on 26 November 1918 and broken up in Felixstowe 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 21 November 1917. UB-117 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Kptlt. Erwin Waßner. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-117 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.52NaN2 deck gun. UB-117 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7420nmi. UB-117 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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16 September 1918 | Acadian | United Kingdom | 2,305 | Sunk | |
17 September 1918 | Lavernock | United Kingdom | 2,406 | Sunk | |
18 September 1918 | Buffalo | France | 2,359 | Sunk | |
18 September 1918 | John O. Scott | United Kingdom | 1,235 | Sunk | |
18 September 1918 | Primo | United Kingdom | 1,037 | Sunk |