SM ''UB-105'' was a German Type UB III submarine or

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in the

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during World War I. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 14 January 1918 as SM ''UB-105''.) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note ''UB-105'' was surrendered to Britain on 16 January 1919 and

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in 1922.

Construction

She was built by Blohm & Voss of

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and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917. ''UB-105'' was commissioned early the next year under the command of ''Kptlt.'' Wilhelm Marschall. Like all Type UB III submarines, ''UB-105'' carried 10

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es and was armed with a deck gun. ''UB-105'' would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . ''UB-105'' 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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