SM UB-103


SM UB-103 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 December 1917 as SM UB-103.
UB-103 was sunk in the English Channel by British warships and SSZ 1, a SSZ class blimp.

Construction

She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917. UB-103 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Kptlt. Paul Hundius. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-103 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun. UB-103 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of. UB-103 had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.

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