SM UB-91

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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-91.
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War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg German Empire
NameUB-91
Ordered6 / 8 February 1917 [1]
Builder AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Cost3,654,000 German Papiermark
Yard number107
Launched6 March 1918 [2]
Commissioned11 April 1918 [2]
FateSurrendered 21 November 1918, broken up in 1921 [2]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type Type UB III submarine
Displacement
  • 510  t (500 long tons) surfaced
  • 640 t (630 long tons) submerged
Length55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam5.76 m (18 ft 11 in)
Draught3.73 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 depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement3 officers, 31 men [2]
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • II Flotilla
  • 27 June – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Wolf Hans Hertwig [3]
  • 11 April – 11 November 1918
Operations: 2 patrols
Victories:
  • 3 merchant ships sunk
    (13,487  GRT)
  • 1 warship sunk
    (1,181 tons)

SM UB-91 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 11 April 1918 as SM UB-91. [Note 1]

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On 4 October 1918 UB-91 sank the Hirano Maru, killing among others, Yokohama Specie Bank sub-manager S. Ujie, his wife and three sons, together with bank employee Takashi Aoki and wife Sueko. [4] [5]

Construction

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 6 March 1918. UB-91 was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-91 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-91 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-91 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.

Service history

Deck gun in Chepstow today Deck gun. of UB-91, Chepstow.jpg
Deck gun in Chepstow today

UB-91 was surrendered to Britain on 21 November 1918 at Harwich. She toured the South Wales ports of Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Port Talbot and was towed to Pembroke Dock, eventually being broken up in Briton Ferry in 1921. [6] King George V presented her deck gun to the town of Chepstow by in recognition of the bravery of William Charles Williams RN VC at Gallipoli in 1915. The gun forms part of the Chepstow War Memorial. [7] [8]

Summary of raiding history

DateNameNationalityTonnage [Note 2] Fate [9]
25 September 1918 Hebburn Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,938Sunk
26 September 1918 USCGC Tampa Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svg  United States Coast Guard 1,181Sunk [10]
28 September 1918 Baldersby Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,613Sunk
4 October 1918 Hirano Maru Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7,936Sunk [10]

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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. ↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.

Citations

  1. ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 61.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
  3. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Wolf Hans Hertwig". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Torpedoed "Hirano Maru"". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 13 December 1918. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "独政府を相手に損害賠償の訴え". Osaka Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 10 July 1919. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Gröner 1991, p. 54.
  7. ↑ Cadw. "Chepstow War Memorial (Grade II) (2503)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Deck Gun from German U-board UB-91 (32858)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UB 91". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. 1 2 "WW1: New memorial for Pembrokeshire's Japanese dead". BBC News. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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