SM UB-64

UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-64.
History
German Empire
NameUB-64
Ordered20 May 1916
BuilderAG Vulcan, Hamburg
Cost3,279,000 German Papiermark
Yard number89
Launched9 June 1917
Commissioned5 August 1917
FateSurrendered to the British 21 November 1918 and broken up in Fareham in 1921
General characteristics
Class & typeType UB III submarine
Displacement
  • 508 t (500 long tons) surfaced
  • 639 t (629 long tons) submerged
Length55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam5.76 m (18 ft 11 in)
Draught3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) surfaced
  • 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) submerged
Range
  • 8,420 nmi (15,590 km; 9,690 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement3 officers, 31 men
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • V Flotilla
  • 10 September 1917 – 20 April 1918
  • II Flotilla
  • 20 April – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Otto von Schrader
  • 5 August – 31 October 1917
  • Kptlt. Walter Gude
  • 1 November 1917 – 25 January 1918
  • Kptlt. Woldemar Petri
  • 26 January – 27 February 1918
  • Kptlt. Otto von Schrader
  • 28 February – 31 August 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Ernst Krieger
  • 1 September – 11 November 1918
Operations: 8 patrols
Victories:
  • 27 merchant ships sunk
    (21,528 GRT)
  • 2 auxiliary warships sunk
    (12,221 GRT)
  • 4 merchant ships damaged
    (48,497 GRT)
  • 1 merchant ship taken as prize
    (371 GRT)

SM UB-64 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 5 August 1917 as SM UB-64.

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.