SM ''UB-154) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was a German Type UB III submarine or

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built for the

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(german: Kaiserliche Marine) during

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. She was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy but surrendered to France on 9 March 1919 in accordance with the requirements of the

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and

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in July 1921.

Construction

SM ''UB-154'' was built by

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and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 October 1918. ''UB-154'' carried 10

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es and was armed with an deck gun. ''UB-154'' would carry a crew of up to three officers and 31 men and had a cruising range of . ''UB-154'' had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.

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