UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-99.
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History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | UB-99 |
Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917 [2] |
Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 115 |
Launched | 29 July 1918 [1] |
Commissioned | 4 September 1918 [1] |
Fate | Surrendered 26 November 1918, served in the French Navy until 1935, broken up [1] |
France | |
Name | Carissan |
Commissioned | 26 November 1918 [1] |
Decommissioned | 24 July 1935 [1] |
Fate | Broken up [1] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) ( o/a) |
Beam | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men [1] |
Armament |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | No patrols |
Victories: | None |
SM UB-99 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 4 September 1918 as SM UB-99. [Note 1]
UB-99 was surrendered on 21 November 1918 and served in the French Navy until 1935 under the name Carissan. [1]
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 29 July 1918. UB-99 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Erich Förste. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-99 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-99 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-99 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.
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-99.
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History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | UB-99 |
Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917 [2] |
Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 115 |
Launched | 29 July 1918 [1] |
Commissioned | 4 September 1918 [1] |
Fate | Surrendered 26 November 1918, served in the French Navy until 1935, broken up [1] |
France | |
Name | Carissan |
Commissioned | 26 November 1918 [1] |
Decommissioned | 24 July 1935 [1] |
Fate | Broken up [1] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
Displacement |
|
Length | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) ( o/a) |
Beam | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men [1] |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | No patrols |
Victories: | None |
SM UB-99 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 4 September 1918 as SM UB-99. [Note 1]
UB-99 was surrendered on 21 November 1918 and served in the French Navy until 1935 under the name Carissan. [1]
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 29 July 1918. UB-99 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Erich Förste. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-99 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-99 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-99 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.