SM UB-52
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-52. | |
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | UB-52 |
| Ordered | 20 May 1916 |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number | 297 |
| Launched | 8 March 1917 |
| Commissioned | 9 August 1917 |
| Fate | Sunk 23 May 1918 at 41°36′N 18°52′E / 41.600°N 18.867°E by HMS H4, all hands lost |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type UB III submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
| Draught | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 31 men |
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| Operations: | 4 patrols |
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SM UB-52 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 Pola Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 9 August 1917 as SM UB-52.
She operated as part of the Pola Flotilla based in Cattaro. UB-52 was sunk by torpedo on 23 May 1918 at 41°36′N 18°52′E / 41.600°N 18.867°E by the British submarine HMS H4 enforcing the Otranto Barrage at the southern end of the Adriatic, with all hands lost.