UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-66.
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History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | UB-66 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916[1] |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 284 |
Launched | 31 May 1917[2] |
Commissioned | 1 August 1917[2] |
Fate | Sunk by depth charges 18 January 1918 at 38°30′N 24°25′E / 38.500°N 24.417°E by a British warship[2] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 55.83 m (183 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.67 m (12 ft) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 2 patrols |
Victories: |
2 merchant ships sunk (4,105 GRT) |
SM UB-66 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 1 August 1917 as SM UB-66.[Note 1]
UB-66 was sunk by HMS Campanula at 38°30′N 24°25′E / 38.500°N 24.417°E on 18 January 1918, 30 crew members died in the event.[2]
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