SM UB-94

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UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-94.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-94
Ordered: 6/8 February 1917[1]
Builder: AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Cost: 3,654,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 110
Launched: 26 April 1918[2]
Commissioned: 1 June 1918[2]
Fate: surrendered 21 November 1918, served with French Navy until 1935[2]
History
France
Name: Trinité-Schillemans
Commissioned: 22 November 1918[2]
Decommissioned: 24 July 1935[2]
Fate: broken up[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 510 t (500 long tons) surfaced
  • 640 t (630 long tons) submerged
Length: 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in)
Draught: 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
  • 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 7,120 nmi (13,190 km; 8,190 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement: 3 officers, 31 men[2]
Armament:
Service record
Part of:
  • II Flotilla
  • 16 August – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Waldemar Haumann[3]
  • 1 June – 11 November 1918
Operations: 2 patrols
Victories: 2 merchant ships sunk (3,261 GRT)

SM UB-94 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 1 June 1918 as SM UB-94.[Note 1]

UB-94 was surrendered to France on 22 November 1918 and served as Trinité-Schillermans until 24 July 1935, later she was broken up.[2]

Construction

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She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 26 April 1918. UB-94 was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-94 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-94 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-94 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.

Summary of raiding history

Date Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 2] Fate[4]
18 October 1918 Hunsdon  United Kingdom 2,899 Sunk
21 October 1918 Saint Barchan  United Kingdom 362 Sunk

References

Notes

  1. "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
  2. Tonnages are in gross register tons

Citations

  1. Rössler 1979, p. 61.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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