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SMUB-114

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-114.

UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-114.
History
German Empire
Name	UB-114
Ordered	6 / 8 February 1917[2]
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Cost	3,714,000 German Papiermark
Yard number	320
Launched	23 September 1917[1]
Commissioned	4 May 1918[1]
Fate	Surrendered 21 November 1918; sunk on tow to French port off Brighton, UK. The wreck was identified in 2013[3]
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type UB III submarine
Displacement	519 t (511 long tons) surfaced 649 t (639 long tons) submerged
Length	55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.80 m (19 ft)
Draught	3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 × propeller shaft 2 × MAN-Vulcan four-stroke 6-cylinder diesel engines, 1,085 bhp (809 kW) 2 × Maffei electric motors, 780 shp (580 kW)
Speed	13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range	7,420 nmi (13,740 km; 8,540 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[1]
Armament	5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 10torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun
Service record
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Ernst Berlin[4] 4 May – 11 November 1918
Operations:	No patrols
Victories:	None

SMUB-114 was a German Type UB III submarineorU-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 4 May 1918 as SM UB-114.^{[Note 1]}

UB-114 was lost in trials on 13 May 1918 in Kiel harbour, resulting in seven dead and re-entered service.^[1] She as surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany, but was lost in tow to a French port in early 1919.^[5][6] The wreck was identified by archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2013.^[7]

Construction[edit]

She was built by Blohm & VossofHamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 23 September 1917. UB-114 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Ernst Berlin. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-114 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-114 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,420 nautical miles (13,740 km; 8,540 mi). UB-114 had a displacement of 519 t (511 long tons) while surfaced and 649 t (639 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.

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