SM ''UB-51'' 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. 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 range of ...

or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (german: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the

Pola Flotilla The Pola flotilla (''U-Flottille Pola'') was an Imperial German Navy (IGN) formation set up to implement the U-boat campaign against Allied shipping in the Mediterranean during the First World War in support of Germany's ally, the Austro-Hungarian ...

of the German Imperial Navy on 26 July 1917 as SM ''UB-51''.) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note She operated as part of the

based in Cattaro. ''UB-51'' was surrendered 16 January 1919 with the remainder of the Pola Flotilla following orders by Admiral Reinhard Scheer to return to port. ''UB-51'' was later broken up at

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Construction

''UB-51'' was ordered by the GIN on 20 May 1916. She was built by

Blohm & Voss Blohm+Voss (B+V), also written historically as Blohm & Voss, Blohm und Voß etc., is a German shipbuilding and engineering company. Founded in Hamburg in 1877 to specialise in steel-hulled ships, its most famous product was the World War II battle ...

, Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 8 March 1917. ''UB-51'' was commissioned later that same year under the command of ''Kptlt.'' Ernst Krafft. Like all Type UB III submarines, ''UB-51'' carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun. ''UB-51'' would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . ''UB-51'' 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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