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SM UB-64

{{Short description|German submarine}}

{{Other ships|German submarine U-64}}

{{Infobox ship begin}}

{{Infobox ship image

|Ship image=UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg

|Ship caption=UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-64.

}}

{{Infobox ship career

|Ship country=German Empire

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}

|Ship name=UB-64

|Ship ordered=20 May 1916{{sfn|Rössler|1979|p=60}}

|Ship builder=AG Vulcan, Hamburg

|Ship original cost=3,279,000 German Papiermark

|Ship yard number=89

|Ship laid down=

|Ship launched=9 June 1917{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}}

|Ship completed=

|Ship commissioned=5 August 1917{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}}

|Ship fate=Surrendered to the British 21 November 1918 and broken up in Fareham in 1921{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}}

}}

{{Infobox ship characteristics

|Hide header=

|Header caption={{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}}

|Ship class=Type UB III submarine

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|508|t|LT|lk=on|abbr=on}} surfaced

  • {{convert|639|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length= {{convert|55.52|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)

|Ship beam={{convert|5.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|3.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*2 × propeller shaft

|Ship speed=*{{convert|13.3|kn|lk=in}} surfaced

  • {{convert|7.8|kn}} submerged

|Ship range=*{{convert|8,420|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|6|kn}} surfaced

  • {{convert|55|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} submerged

|Ship test depth={{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|Ship complement=3 officers, 31 men{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}}

|Ship armament=*5 × {{convert|50|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)

|Ship notes=

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{{Infobox service record

|is_ship=yes

|is_multi=yes

|partof=*V Flotilla

  • 10 September 1917 – 20 April 1918
  • II Flotilla
  • 20 April – 11 November 1918

|commanders=*Kptlt. Otto von Schrader{{cite Uboat.net

|id=306

|name=Otto von Schrader (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)

|type=1comm

|accessdate=4 February 2015

}}

  • 5 August – 31 October 1917
  • Kptlt. Walter Gude{{cite Uboat.net

|id=101

|name=Walter Gude

|type=1comm

|accessdate=4 February 2015

}}

  • 1 November 1917 – 25 January 1918
  • Kptlt. Woldemar Petri{{cite Uboat.net

|id=242

|name=Woldemar Petri

|type=1comm

|accessdate=4 February 2015

}}

  • 26 January – 27 February 1918
  • Kptlt. Otto von Schrader{{cite Uboat.net

|id=306

|name=Otto von Schrader (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)

|type=1comm

|accessdate=4 February 2015

}}

  • 28 February – 31 August 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Ernst Krieger{{cite Uboat.net

|id=162

|name=Ernst Krieger

|type=1comm

|accessdate=4 February 2015

}}

  • 1 September – 11 November 1918

|operations=8 patrols

|victories=

  • 27 merchant ships sunk
    ({{GRT|21,528}})
  • 2 auxiliary warships sunk
    ({{GRT|12,221}})
  • 4 merchant ships damaged
    ({{GRT|48,497}})
  • 1 merchant ship taken as prize
    ({{GRT|371}})

}}

SM UB-64 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy ({{langx|de|Kaiserliche Marine}}) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 5 August 1917 as SM UB-64.{{#tag:ref|"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{langx|en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.|group=Note}}

UB-64 was surrendered to the British on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Fareham in 1921.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}}

Construction

{{Main|Type UB III submarine}}

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 9 June 1917. UB-64 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Otto von Schrader.

Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-64 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun. UB-64 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of {{convert|8,420|nmi|lk=in}}. UB-64 had a displacement of {{convert|508|t|LT|lk=in|abbr=on}} while surfaced and {{convert|639|t|LT|abbr=on}} when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at {{convert|13.3|kn|lk=in}} when surfaced and {{convert|8|kn}} when submerged.

Summary of raiding history

class="wikitable sortable"
width="140px"|Date

! width="140px"|Name

! width="160px"|Nationality

! width="25px" |TonnageMerchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.

! width="180px"|Fate{{cite Uboat.net

|id=ub64

|name=UB 64

|type=1boat

|accessdate=5 December 2014

}}

align="right"|13 October 1917

|align="left" |Newquay

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,191

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|13 December 1917

|align="left" |HMS Stephen Furness

|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}

|align="right"|1,712

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|14 February 1918

|align="left" |Saga

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|1,143

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|19 February 1918

|align="left" |Wilhelmina VII

|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}

|align="right"|109

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 March 1918

|align="left" |Salaminia

|align="left" |{{flag|Greece|old}}

|align="right"|3,112

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|5 April 1918

|align="left" |Clam

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|3,552

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|11 April 1918

|align="left" |Lakemoor

|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}

|align="right"|2,045

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|23 May 1918

|align="left" |Innisfallen

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|1,405

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Cyprus

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|35

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Glad Tidings

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|15

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Honey Bee

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|34

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Jane Gordon

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|27

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Lloyd

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|35

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Marianne Mc Crum

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|30

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Never Can Tell

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|31

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Seabird

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|15

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |Sparkling Wave

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|37

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 May 1918

|align="left" |St. Mary

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|29

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|8 June 1918

|align="left" |Elektra

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|614

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|9 June 1918

|align="left" |Lena

|align="left" |{{flag|Sweden}}

|align="right"|371

|align="left" |Captured as prize

align="right"|19 July 1918

|align="left" |{{SS|Justicia

2}}

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|32,234

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|19 July 1918

|align="left" |Ranger

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|79

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|23 July 1918

|align="left" |HMS Marmora

|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}

|align="right"|10,509

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|24 July 1918

|align="left" |Defender

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|8,520

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|13 September 1918

|align="left" |Buffalo

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|286

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|13 September 1918

|align="left" |M. J. Craig

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|691

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|13 September 1918

|align="left" |Setter

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|956

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|14 September 1918

|align="left" |Neotsfield

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|3,821

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|15 September 1918

|align="left" |Mary Fanny

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|94

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|15 September 1918

|align="left" |Energy

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|89

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|15 September 1918

|align="left" |Joseph Fisher

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|88

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|16 September 1918

|align="left" |Serula

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|1,388

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|19 September 1918

|align="left" |Barrister

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,952

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|21 September 1918

|align="left" |Downshire

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|368

|align="left" |Sunk

References

=Notes=

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=Citations=

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Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}

  • {{Cite book| last = Bendert| first = Harald |title=Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal | location = Hamburg | publisher = Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH| year = 2000 | isbn = 3-8132-0713-7 | language = German}}
  • {{cite book

|last1=Gröner

|first1=Erich

|last2=Jung

|first2=Dieter

|last3=Maass

|first3=Martin

|translator-last1=Thomas

|translator-first1=Keith

|translator-last2=Magowan

|translator-first2=Rachel

|year=1991

|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels

|volume=2

|series=German Warships 1815–1945

|location=London

|publisher=Conway Maritime Press

|isbn=0-85177-593-4

|ref=CITEREFGröner1991

}}

  • {{cite book |last1=Rössler |first1=Eberhard |title=Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: eine Bilddokumentation über den deutschen U-Bootbau; in zwei Bänden |date=1979 |publisher=Bernard & Graefe |location=Munich |volume=I|isbn=3-7637-5213-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIvfAAAAMAAJ |language=de}}

{{Refend}}

{{German Type UB III submarines}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

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Category:World War I submarines of Germany

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