SM ''UB-66'' was a German

Type UB III submarine The Type UB III submarine was a class of U-boat built during World War I by the German Imperial Navy. Design UB III boats carried 10 torpedoes and were usually armed with either an or a deck gun. They carried a crew of 34 and had a cruising ...

U-boat U-boats are Submarine#Military, naval submarines operated by Germany, including during the World War I, First and Second World Wars. The term is an Anglicization#Loanwords, anglicized form of the German word , a shortening of (), though the G ...

in the

German Imperial Navy The Imperial German Navy or the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly f ...

() during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 1 August 1917 as SM ''UB-66''. ''UB-66'' went missing in the Eastern Mediterranean after 17 January 1918.

Construction

She was built by

Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft (often just called Germaniawerft, "Germania shipyard") was a German shipbuilding company, located in the harbour at Kiel, and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine in W ...

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

and following just under a year of construction, launched at Kiel on 31 May 1917. ''UB-66'' was commissioned later that same year under the command of ''Kptlt.'' Fritz Wernicke. Like all Type UB III submarines, ''UB-66'' carried 10

torpedo A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, such ...

es and was armed with a deck gun. ''UB-66'' would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . ''UB-66'' had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.

Previously recorded fate

''UB-66'' was previously thought to have been depth-charged by off Cap Bon, Italy on 18 January 1918. However, ''UB-66'' was ordered to patrol in the eastern Mediterranean before sailing to Constantinople. She refueled in Beirut on 10 January, and was sighted off Famagusta on the 12th. ''UB-66'' received credit for sinking ''Windsor Hall'' on 17 January, therefore, ''UB-66'' could not have been off Cap Bon the following day.

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