SM UB-90
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-90.
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 German Empire
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| Name: | UB-90 |
| Ordered: | 6/8 February 1917 |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Cost: | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 106 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 21 March 1918 |
| Fate: | sunk 16 October 1918 by British submarine |
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| Class and type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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| Length: | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men |
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| Operations: | 2 patrols |
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SM UB-90 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 21 March 1918 as SM UB-90.
On 16 October 1918, UB-90 was hit by a torpedo from HMS L12 at 57°55′N 10°27′E / 57.917°N 10.450°ECoordinates: 57°55′N 10°27′E / 57.917°N 10.450°E and sunk. All 38 crew members died in the event.
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 12 February 1918. UB-90 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Gottfried von Mayer. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-90 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-90 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-90 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.
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