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Name | UB-61 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916 [1] |
Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,279,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 86 |
Launched | 28 April 1917 [2] |
Commissioned | 23 June 1917 [2] |
Fate | Sunk 29 November 1917 by mine at 53°20′N4°56′E / 53.333°N 4.933°E , 34 dead [2] |
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Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 3.70 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men [2] |
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Operations: | 3 patrols |
Victories: | 2 merchant ships sunk (12,920 GRT) |
SM UB-61 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 23 June 1917 as SM UB-61. [Note 1]
The submarine conducted three patrols and sank two ships during the war for a total loss of 12,920 gross register tons (GRT).
UB-61 was struck by a mine on 29 November 1917 at 53°20′N4°56′E / 53.333°N 4.933°E and sunk with all hands lost. [2]
UB-61 was ordered by the GIN on 20 May 1916.
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 28 April 1917. UB-61 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-61 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-61 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,420 nautical miles (15,590 km; 9,690 mi). UB-61 had a displacement of 508 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 639 t (629 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) when surfaced and 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) when submerged.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 2] | Fate [4] |
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25 August 1917 | Sycamore | ![]() | 6,550 | Sunk |
26 August 1917 | Assyria | ![]() | 6,370 | Sunk |
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