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SM UB-108
SM ''UB-108'' was a German German Type UB III submarine, Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (german: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commission (ship), commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 1 March 1918 as SM ''UB-108''.) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note ''UB-108'' was lost in July 1918 in the English Channel. Construction She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, Ceremonial ship launching, launched at Hamburg on 21 July 1917. ''UB-108'' was Ship commissioning, commissioned early the next year under the command of ''Oblt.z.S.'' Wilhelm Amberger. Like all Type UB III submarines, ''UB-108'' carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun, deck gun. ''UB-108'' would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . ''UB-108'' had a displacement of while surfaced an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary empire led by an emperor, although has been used in German to denote the Roman Empire because it had a weak hereditary tradition. In the case of the German Empire, the official name was , which is properly translated as "German Empire" because the official position of head of state in the constitution of the German Empire was officially a "presidency" of a confederation of German states led by the King of Prussia who would assume "the title of German Emperor" as referring to the German people, but was not emperor of Germany as in an emperor of a state. –The German Empire" ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine''. vol. 63, issue 376, pp. 591–603; here p. 593. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
