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The design of type UB II addressed many of the problems apparent in the preceding type UB I class. The UB II boats featured a two-shaft drive with a much larger battery capacity and larger engines. Storage batteries were placed forward of the central diving tanks to compensate for the much heavier
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1278:
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115:
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1254:
1485:
359:
1857:
1852:
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There were 30 Type UB II submarines commissioned into the German
Imperial Navy.
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Die UB-Boote der
Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal
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German and
Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net
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5.71–6.22 knots (10.57–11.52 km/h; 6.57–7.16 mph) submerged
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The U-boat: The evolution and technical history of German
Submarines
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German
Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
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732:- Mined 1916. Wreck raised in 1993 and put on display in
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The armament of the type UB II consisted of 50 cm G
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1 shaft, 1 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) propeller
878:. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. p. 50.
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826:Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991).
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821:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
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512:- Sunk and raised by French Navy repaired as
201:292–305 t (287–300 long tons) submerged
714:- Sunk by British surface ships August 1916
349:2 external stern tubes fitted in some boats
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1981:List of ships of the Imperial German Navy
1972:Building for the Netherlands when seized
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385:. They were enlarged from the preceding
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857:Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH
550:- Previously thought being sunk by
467:- Foundered on way to breakers 1920
360:8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun
343:2 × 50 cm (19.69 in) bow
259:(199–209 kW; 266–280 bhp)
24:
1966:Building for Argentina when seized
223:4.36 m (14 ft 4 in)
25:
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2011:World War I submarines of Germany
588:- Sunk by aircraft September 1917
405:launched from two bow tubes. The
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784:"WWI U-boat Types: Type UB II"
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579:- Sunk by ASW drifter May 1918
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1:
1666:Small / Coastal torpedo boats
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417:List of Type UB II submarines
2006:German Type UB II submarines
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458:- Sunk by aircraft July 1917
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1279:Pre-dreadnought battleships
269:(206 kW; 276 shp)
18:German Type UB II submarine
10:
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1175:List of U-boats of Germany
874:Rossler, Eberhard (1975).
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847:Bendert, Harald (2000).
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631:- Rammed and sunk by SS
354:5 cm (1.97 in)
678:- Scuttled October 1918
325:50 m (160 ft)
180:General characteristics
175:1 (UB-46 was salvaged)
1708:Coastal defense ships
782:Helgason, Guðmundur.
660:- Mined February 1918
566:- Sunk by HM trawler
431:- Mined December 1917
398:engine installation.
1948:Single ship of class
1295:Kaiser Friedrich III
476:- Mined January 1918
383:German Imperial Navy
371:UB II type submarine
91:Imperial German Navy
1566:Protected cruisers
597:- Mined April 1918
333:2 officers, 21 men
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696:- Broken up 1919
687:- Broken up 1920
669:- Mined May 1917
606:- Broken up 1922
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503:- Broken up 1922
494:- Broken up 1921
485:- Broken up 1921
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1337:Von der Tann
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37:
1960:Conversions
1423:Scharnhorst
1359:Derfflinger
1316:Deutschland
1302:Wittelsbach
1288:Brandenburg
1226:battleships
1223:Dreadnought
1162:Type UB III
570:August 1918
379:World War I
112:Preceded by
104:French Navy
1995:Categories
1536:Königsberg
1473:Königsberg
758:References
644:- Sunk by
615:- Sunk by
525:- Sunk by
440:- Sunk by
330:Complement
322:Test depth
289:8.82–9.15
276:Propulsion
198:) surfaced
1954:Cancelled
1717:Siegfried
1574:SMS
1529:Wiesbaden
1508:Karlsruhe
1501:Magdeburg
1450:SMS
1429:SMS
1400:SMS
1392:SMS
1366:Mackensen
1350:SMS
1335:SMS
1242:Helgoland
1156:Type UB I
734:Çanakkale
649:Penshurst
617:HMS
552:HMS
532:July 1917
527:HMS
446:Penshurst
403:torpedoes
387:type UB I
196:long tons
194:(259–275
172:Preserved
148:Completed
77:Operators
1977:See also
1515:Graudenz
1487:Nautilus
1352:Seydlitz
743:SM
727:SM
718:SM
709:SM
700:SM
691:SM
682:SM
673:SM
664:SM
655:SM
639:SM
635:May 1917
626:SM
610:SM
601:SM
592:SM
583:SM
574:SM
561:SM
554:Landrail
545:SM
536:SM
520:SM
507:SM
498:SM
489:SM
480:SM
471:SM
462:SM
453:SM
435:SM
426:SM
338:Armament
56:AG Weser
50:Builders
1735:U-boats
1543:Brummer
1494:Kolberg
1480:Dresden
1459:Gazelle
1431:Blücher
1269:L 20e α
853:Hamburg
633:Molière
529:Halcyon
516:BU 1931
381:by the
246:Daimler
242:Körting
228:Draught
69:Hamburg
1908:UC III
1893:UB III
1593:Large
1522:Pillau
1466:Bremen
1344:Moltke
1263:Bayern
1249:Kaiser
1235:Nassau
882:
863:
834:
737:Turkey
646:Q-ship
442:Q-ship
393:Design
375:U-boat
208:Length
156:Active
126:UB III
101:
88:
60:Bremen
1923:UE II
1903:UC II
1888:UB II
1873:U 151
1868:U 142
1863:U 139
1858:U 135
1853:U 131
1848:U 127
1843:U 115
1647:1916M
1256:König
1141:UB-47
1134:UB-46
1127:UB-45
1120:UB-44
1113:UB-43
1106:UB-42
1099:UB-41
1092:UB-40
1085:UB-39
1078:UB-38
1071:UB-37
1064:UB-36
1057:UB-35
1050:UB-34
1043:UB-33
1036:UB-32
1029:UB-31
1022:UB-30
1015:UB-29
1008:UB-28
1001:UB-27
994:UB-26
987:UB-25
980:UB-24
973:UB-23
966:UB-22
959:UB-21
952:UB-20
945:UB-19
938:UB-18
753:Notes
745:UB-47
729:UB-46
720:UB-45
711:UB-44
702:UB-43
693:UB-42
684:UB-41
675:UB-40
666:UB-39
657:UB-38
641:UB-37
628:UB-36
619:Leven
612:UB-35
603:UB-34
594:UB-33
585:UB-32
576:UB-31
563:UB-30
547:UB-29
538:UB-28
522:UB-27
509:UB-26
500:UB-25
491:UB-24
482:UB-23
473:UB-22
464:UB-21
455:UB-20
437:UB-19
428:UB-18
303:Range
291:knots
284:Speed
132:Built
38:UB-45
1918:UE I
1913:UD 1
1898:UC I
1883:UB I
1838:U 93
1833:U 87
1828:U 81
1823:U 66
1818:U 63
1813:U 57
1808:U 51
1803:U 43
1798:U 31
1793:U 27
1788:U 23
1783:U 19
1778:U 17
1773:U 16
1768:U 13
1724:Odin
1657:1918
1652:1917
1642:1916
1636:V105
1629:G101
1623:1914
1618:1913
1613:1911
1608:1906
1603:1898
1550:Cöln
1452:Hela
1416:Roon
880:ISBN
861:ISBN
832:ISBN
369:The
352:1 ×
250:Benz
220:Beam
164:Lost
116:UB I
1763:U 9
1758:U 5
1753:U 3
1748:U 2
1743:U 1
1698:"I"
310:nmi
248:or
213:o/a
36:SM
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1878:UA
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796:^
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357:or
267:PS
257:PS
244:,
167:20
151:30
67:,
58:,
1969:N
1963:A
1957:V
1951:X
1945:S
1680:A
1209:e
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