SM ''UB-103'' was a German Type UB III submarine or

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in the

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(german: Kaiserliche Marine) during

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. She was commissioned on 18 December 1917 as SM ''UB-103''.) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note ''UB-103'' was sunk in the English Channel by British warships and ''SSZ 1'', a SSZ class blimp. All hands were lost.

Construction

She was built by Blohm & Voss of

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and, after just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917. ''UB-103'' was commissioned later the same year, under the command of '' KptLt'' Paul Hundius. Like all Type UB III submarines, ''UB-103'' carried 10

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es and was armed with a deck gun. ''UB-103'' had a crew of up to three officers and 31 men, and its cruising range was . ''UB-103'' 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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