 UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-57.
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| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | UB-57 |
| Ordered | 20 May 1916[1] |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number | 269 |
| Laid down | 13 September 1916[2] |
| Launched | 21 June 1917[3] |
| Commissioned | 30 July 1917[3] |
| Fate | Sunk 14 August 1918 at 51°56′N 02°02′E / 51.933°N 2.033°E by a mine, 34 dead[3] |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
| Draught | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[3] |
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| Operations: | 11 patrols |
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SM UB-57 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 Flanders Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 30 July 1917 as SM UB-57.[Note 1]
She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge. UB-57 was sunk at 23:00 on 14 August 1918 at 51°56′N 02°02′E / 51.933°N 2.033°E after striking a mine, 34 crew members lost their lives in the event.[3]
- ^ Rössler 1979, p. 55.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UB 57". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
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