WWI U-boat Types

Type UB III

UB coastal torpedo attack boats class

95 boats commissioned

Construction history of type UB III

U-boats	#	Shipyard	Werk #	Built during
UB 48 - UB 53	6	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	293 - 298	1916 - 1917
UB 54 - UB 59	6	A.G. Weser, Bremen	266 - 271	1916 - 1917
UB 60 - UB 65	6	Vulcan, Hamburg	85 - 90	1916 - 1917
UB 66 - UB 71	6	Germaniawerft, Kiel	284 - 289	1916 - 1917
UB 72 - UB 74	3	Vulcan, Hamburg	96 - 98	1916 - 1917
UB 75 - UB 79	5	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	304 - 308	1916 - 1917
UB 80 - UB 87	8	A.G. Weser, Bremen	280 - 287	1916 - 1917
UB 88 - UB 102	15	Vulcan, Hamburg	104 - 118	1916 - 1918
UB 103 - UB 117	15	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	309 - 323	1916 - 1918
UB 118 - UB 132	15	A.G. Weser, Bremen	291 - 305	1917 - 1918
UB 142 - UB 145	4	A.G. Weser, Bremen	308 - 311	1917 - 1919
UB 133	1	Germaniawerft, Kiel	310	1917 - 1919
UB 136	1	Germaniawerft, Kiel	313	1917 - 1919
UB 148 - UB 150	3	A.G. Weser, Bremen	314 - 316	1917 - 1919
UB 154	1	Vulcan, Hamburg	119	1917 - 1919
Table includes 6 boats finished after the Armistice (11 Nov 1918)

All U-boats of type UB III

Below are the 95 commissioned U-boats of this type.

UB 48, UB 49, UB 50, UB 51, UB 52, UB 53, UB 54,
UB 55, UB 56, UB 57, UB 58, UB 59, UB 60, UB 61, UB 62,
UB 63, UB 64, UB 65, UB 66, UB 67, UB 68, UB 69, UB 70,
UB 71, UB 72, UB 73, UB 74, UB 75, UB 76, UB 77, UB 78,
UB 79, UB 80, UB 81, UB 82, UB 83, UB 84, UB 85, UB 86,
UB 87, UB 88, UB 89, UB 90, UB 91, UB 92, UB 93, UB 94,
UB 95, UB 96, UB 97, UB 98, UB 99, UB 100, UB 101, UB 102,
UB 103, UB 104, UB 105, UB 106, UB 107, UB 108, UB 109, UB 110,
UB 111, UB 112, UB 113, UB 114, UB 115, UB 116, UB 117, UB 118,
UB 119, UB 120, UB 121, UB 122, UB 123, UB 124, UB 125, UB 126,
UB 127, UB 128, UB 129, UB 130, UB 131, UB 132, UB 142, UB 143,
UB 144, UB 145, UB 133, UB 136, UB 148, UB 149, UB 150, and UB 154.

Technical information for type UB III

Displacement: (tons)	516 (sf) 651 (sm) 730 (total)
Length: (m)	55,30 oa 40,10 ph
Beam: (m)	5,80 oa 3,90 ph
Draught: (draft)	3,68 m
Height:	8,25 m
Power: (hp)	1100 (sf) 788 (sm)

Speed: (knots)	13,6 (sf) 8,0 (sm)
Range: (miles / knots)	9040/6 (sf) 55/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:	10 4/1 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:	No mines carried
Deck gun:	88mm 160 rounds
Crew:	34 men
Max depth:	ca. 75 m (246 feet)

sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.