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Name | UB-68 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916[2][3] |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 286 |
Launched | 4 July 1917[1] |
Commissioned | 5 October 1917[1] |
Fate | Sunk 4 October 1918[1] |
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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[1] |
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Notes | 30-second diving time |
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Operations: | 5 patrols[3] |
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SMUB-68[Note 1] was a German Type UB III submarineorU-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′N 16°20′E / 33.933°N 16.333°E / 33.933; 16.333. There was one dead and thirty-three survivors.[3] Other sources name the British warships involved in the sinking of UB-68asHMS 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 |
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1918
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