SM UB-67

SM UB-67 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 August 1917 as SM UB-67.[Note 1]

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-67.
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-67.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-67
Ordered: 20 May 1916[1]
Builder: Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel
Cost: 3,276,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 285
Launched: 16 June 1917[2]
Commissioned: 23 August 1917[2]
Fate: training boat, surrendered 24 November 1918, broken up at Swansea in 1922[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 513 t (505 long tons) surfaced
  • 647 t (637 long tons) submerged
Length: 55.83 m (183 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.80 m (19 ft)
Draught: 3.67 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) surfaced
  • 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 9,090 nmi (16,830 km; 10,460 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[2]
Armament:
Service record
Part of:
  • V Flotilla
  • 24 October 1917 – 1 April 1918
  • training Flotilla
  • 1 April – 21 October 1918
  • I Flotilla
  • 21 October – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Albrecht von Dewitz
  • 23 August 1917 – 30 November 1917
  • Kptlt. Gerhard Schulz
  • 1 December 1917 – 20 October 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Hellmuth von Doemming
  • 21 October – 11 November 1918
Operations: 3 patrols
Victories:
  • 1 merchant ship sunk with a total of (13,936 GRT)
  • 1 warship sunk (810 tons)

UB-67 was serving in the Mediterranean as a training boat before being surrendered to the British on 24 November 1918 and broken up at Swansea in 1922.[2]

Construction
Main article: German Type UB III submarine

She was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft of Kiel and following just under a year of construction, launched at Kiel on 16 June 1917. UB-67 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Albrecht von Dewitz. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-67 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-67 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,090 nautical miles (16,830 km; 10,460 mi). UB-67 had a displacement of 513 t (505 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) when submerged.

Summary of raiding history
Date Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 2] Fate[3]
4 February 1918 Aurania  United Kingdom 13,936 Sunk
10 November 1918 HMS Ascot  Royal Navy 810 Sunk
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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. 27.
  2. Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
  3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UB 67". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

Bibliography
  • Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
  • Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 – 1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German). I. Munich: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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