SM UB-98
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-98. | |
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | UB-98 |
| Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917 |
| Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Cost | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number | 114 |
| Launched | 1 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 8 August 1918 |
| Fate | Surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type UB III submarine |
| Displacement | |
| 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: | 1 patrol |
| Victories: | None |
SM UB-98 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 8 August 1918 as SM UB-98.
UB-98 was surrendered on 21 November 1918 and broken up in Porthmadog in 1922. Reportedly, the steel plates of the submarine were used to line Garnedd Tunnel on the Ffestiniog Railway, but this has never been proven.