- Construction
- Summary of raiding history
- References Notes Citations
- Bibliography
{{Other ships|German submarine U-64}}{{Infobox ship imageShip image=UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg | Ship caption=UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-64. }}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=German Empire | German Empire|naval}} | Ship name=UB-64 | Rössler|1979|p=60}} | Ship builder=AG Vulcan, Hamburg | Ship original cost=3,279,000 German Papiermark | Ship yard number=89 | Ship laid down= | Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}} | Ship completed= | Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}} | Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}} }}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}} | Ship class=German Type UB III submarine | 508|t|LT|lk=in|abbr=on}} surfaced- {{convert|639|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged
| 55.52|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a) | 5.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 3.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*2 × propeller shaft- 2 × MAN four-stroke 6-cylinder diesel engines, {{convert|809|kW|bhp|abbr=on|order=flip|lk=in}}
- 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motors, {{convert|580|kW|shp|order=flip|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| 13.3|kn|lk=in}} surfaced- {{convert|7.8|kn}} submerged
| 8,420|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|6|kn}} surfaced- {{convert|55|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} submerged
| 50|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}} | 50|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)- 10 torpedoes
- 1 × {{convert|8.8|cm|in|2|abbr=on}} deck gun
| Ship notes= }}{{Infobox service record | is_ship=yes | is_multi=yes | partof=*V Flotilla- 10 September 1917 – 20 April 1918
- II Flotilla
- 20 April – 11 November 1918
| commanders=*Kptlt. Otto von Schrader[1]- 5 August – 31 October 1917
- Kptlt. Walter Gude[2]
- 1 November 1917 – 25 January 1918
- Kptlt. Woldemar Petri[3]
- 26 January – 27 February 1918
- Kptlt. Otto von Schrader[4]
- 28 February – 31 August 1918
- Oblt.z.S. Ernst Krieger[5]
- 1 September – 11 November 1918
| operations=8 patrols | victories=- 29 merchant ships sunk ({{GRT|33,740}})
- 4 merchant ships damaged (48,497 GRT)
- 1 merchant ship taken as prize (371 GRT)
}} | SM UB-64 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy ({{lang-de|Kaiserliche Marine}}) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 5 August 1917 as SM UB-64.{{#tag:ref|"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{lang-en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.|group=Note}} UB-64 was surrendered to the British on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Fareham in 1921.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=25-30}} Construction{{Main|German Type UB III submarine}}She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 9 June 1917. UB-64 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Otto von Schrader. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-64 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a {{convert|8.8|cm|in|2|abbr=on}} deck gun. UB-64 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of {{convert|8,420|nmi|lk=in}}. UB-64 had a displacement of {{convert|508|t|LT|lk=in|abbr=on}} while surfaced and {{convert|639|t|LT|abbr=on}} when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at {{convert|13.3|kn|lk=in}} when surfaced and {{convert|8|kn}} when submerged. Summary of raiding historyDate | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[6] | Fate[7] |
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13 October 1917 | Newquay | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,191 | Damaged | 13 December 1917 | Stephen Furness | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 1,712 | Sunk | 14 February 1918 | Saga | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 1,143 | Sunk | 19 February 1918 | Wilhelmina VII | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 109 | Sunk | 30 March 1918 | Salaminia | {{flag|Greece|old}} | 3,112 | Sunk | 5 April 1918 | Clam | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 3,552 | Damaged | 11 April 1918 | Lakemoor | {{flag|United States|1912}} | 2,045 | Sunk | 23 May 1918 | Innisfallen | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 1,405 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Cyprus | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 35 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Glad Tidings | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 15 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Honey Bee | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 34 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Jane Gordon | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 27 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Lloyd | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 35 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Marianne Mc Crum | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 30 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Never Can Tell | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 31 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Seabird | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 15 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | Sparkling Wave | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 37 | Sunk | 30 May 1918 | St. Mary | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 29 | Sunk | 8 June 1918 | Elektra | {{flag|Norway}} | 614 | Sunk | 9 June 1918 | Lena | {{flag|Sweden}} | 371 | Captured as a prize | 19 July 1918 | {{SS|Justicia | 2} | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 32,234 | Damaged | 19 July 1918 | Ranger | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 79 | Sunk | 23 July 1918 | HMS Marmora | {{navy|United Kingdom}} | 10,509 | Sunk | 24 July 1918 | Defender | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 8,520 | Damaged | 13 September 1918 | Buffalo | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 286 | Sunk | 13 September 1918 | M. J. Craig | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 691 | Sunk | 13 September 1918 | Setter | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 956 | Sunk | 14 September 1918 | Neotsfield | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 3,821 | Sunk | 15 September 1918 | Mary Fanny | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 94 | Sunk | 15 September 1918 | Energy | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 89 | Sunk | 15 September 1918 | Joseph Fisher | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 79 | Sunk | 16 September 1918 | Serula | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 1,388 | Sunk | 19 September 1918 | Barrister | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,952 | Sunk | 21 September 1918 | Downshire | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 368 | Sunk |
ReferencesNotes1. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=306|name=Otto von Schrader (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)|type=1comm|accessdate=4 February 2015}} 2. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=101|name=Walter Gude|type=1comm|accessdate=4 February 2015}} 3. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=242|name=Woldemar Petri|type=1comm|accessdate=4 February 2015}} 4. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=306|name=Otto von Schrader (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)|type=1comm|accessdate=4 February 2015}} 5. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=162|name=Ernst Krieger|type=1comm|accessdate=4 February 2015}} 6. ^Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement. 7. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=ub64|name=UB 64|type=1boat|accessdate=5 December 2014}}
Citations{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} Bibliography {{Refbegin}}- {{Cite book| last = Bendert| first = Harald |title=Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal | location = Hamburg | publisher = Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH| year = 2000 | isbn = 3-8132-0713-7 | language = German| ref = harv}}
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|last1=Gröner |first1=Erich |author-link1= |author-mask1= |last2=Jung |first2=Dieter |display-authors= |last-author-amp= |last3=Maass |first3=Martin |translator-last1=Thomas |translator-first1=Keith |translator-last2=Magowan |translator-first2=Rachel |year=1991 |title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels |volume=2 |work=German Warships 1815–1945 |location=London |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |isbn=0-85177-593-4 |ref=CITEREFGr.C3.B6ner1991 }}- {{Cite book|last=Rössler|first=Eberhard|title=U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 – 1945|work=Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften|volume=I|year=1979|location=Munich|publisher=Bernard & Graefe|isbn=3-7637-5213-7|language=German|ref=harv}}
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