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Name | UB-68 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916 [1] [2] |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 286 |
Launched | 4 July 1917 [3] |
Commissioned | 5 October 1917 [3] |
Fate | Sunk 4 October 1918 [3] |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 55.83 m (183 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.67 m (12 ft 0 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men [3] |
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Notes | 30-second diving time |
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Operations: | 5 patrols [2] |
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SM UB-68 [Note 1] was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German : Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 5 October 1917 as SM UB-68. The submarine conducted five patrols and sank five ships during the war. Under the command of Karl Dönitz, on 4 October 1918 UB-68 encountered technical problems and had to surface where she was sunk by gunfire at 33°56′N16°20′E / 33.933°N 16.333°E . There was one dead and thirty-three survivors. [2] Other sources name the British warships involved in the sinking of UB-68 as HMS Snapdragon and HMS Cradosin, and claim four crew members died in the event. [4]
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 2] | Fate [5] |
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10 April 1918 | Warwickshire | ![]() | 8,012 | Damaged |
11 April 1918 | Kingstonian | ![]() | 6,564 | Damaged |
13 April 1918 | Provence III | ![]() | 3,941 | Damaged |
26 April 1918 | Angelina Di Paola | ![]() | 228 | Sunk |
1 June 1918 | Angelina | ![]() | 1,260 | Sunk |
3 June 1918 | Glaucus | ![]() | 5,295 | Sunk |
12 June 1918 | Monginevro | ![]() | 5,271 | Damaged |
24 June 1918 | Saint Antoine | ![]() | 43 | Sunk |
4 October 1918 | Oopack | ![]() | 3,883 | Sunk |
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