SM UB-81, the Glossary
SM UB-81 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 September 1917 as SM UB-81.[1]
Table of Contents
34 relations: AG Weser, Bernard & Graefe, Bremen, Brighton, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Ceremonial ship launching, Diesel engine, Dunnose, Isle of Wight, E.S. Mittler & Sohn, English Channel, Flanders U-boat flotillas, German Empire, Gross register tonnage, Hamburg, Imperial German Navy, Isle of Wight, Körting Hannover, Keel laying, Length overall, Motor–generator, Munich, Oberleutnant zur See, Ordnance Survey National Grid, Papiermark, Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, Reinhold Saltzwedel, Royal Navy, Ship commissioning, Torpedo, Torpedo tube, Type UB III submarine, U-boat, World War I, 8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun.
- 1917 in England
- 1917 in Germany
- German submarine stubs
AG Weser
Aktien-Gesellschaft "Weser" (abbreviated A.G. "Weser") was one of the major German shipbuilding companies, located at the Weser River in Bremen.
Bernard & Graefe
Bernard & Graefe is a German book publisher, which since 1991 has been part of the Mönch publishing group.
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Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Brighton
Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.
Brown, Boveri & Cie
Brown, Boveri & Cie. (Brown, Boveri & Company; BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies.
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Ceremonial ship launching
Ceremonial ship launching involves the performance of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water.
See SM UB-81 and Ceremonial ship launching
Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).
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Dunnose, Isle of Wight
Dunnose is a cape on the Isle of Wight in the English Channel.
See SM UB-81 and Dunnose, Isle of Wight
E.S. Mittler & Sohn
Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH is a German publishing house founded in 1789.
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English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
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Flanders U-boat flotillas
The Flanders U-boat flotillas were Imperial German Navy formations set up to prosecute the U-boat campaign against Allied shipping in the Western Approaches (British Home Waters) during the First World War.
See SM UB-81 and Flanders U-boat flotillas
German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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Gross register tonnage
Gross register tonnage (GRT, grt, g.r.t., gt), or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to.
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Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
Imperial German Navy
The Imperial German Navy or the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919.
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Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.
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Körting Hannover
Körting Hannover AG (previously Körting Brothers AG) is a long-standing industrial engineering company in Hanover.
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Keel laying
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.
Length overall
Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.
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Motor–generator
A motor–generator (an M–G set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form.
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Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
Oberleutnant zur See
(OLt zS or OLZS in the German Navy, Oblt.z.S. in the Kriegsmarine) is traditionally the highest rank of Lieutenant in the German Navy.
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Ordnance Survey National Grid
The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system (OSGB), also known as British National Grid (BNG), is a system of geographic grid references, distinct from latitude and longitude, whereby any location in Great Britain can be described in terms of its distance from the origin (0, 0), which lies to the west of the Isles of Scilly.
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Papiermark
The Papiermark ('paper mark', officially just Mark, sign: ℳ︁) was the German currency from 4 August 1914 when the link between the Goldmark and gold was abandoned, due to the outbreak of World War I. In particular, the Papiermark was the currency issued during the hyperinflation in Germany of 1922 and 1923.
Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (1986 c. 35) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provides protection for the wreckage of military aircraft and designated military vessels.
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Reinhold Saltzwedel
Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel (23 November 1889 – 2 December 1917) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. He sank a total of 111 merchant vessels for.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Ship commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.
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Torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.
Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.
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. SM UB-81 and Type UB III submarine are German Type UB III submarines and World War I submarines of Germany.
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U-boat
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun
The 8.8 cm SK L/30 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 30-caliber barrel) was a German naval gun that was used in World War I on a variety of mounts.
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See also
1917 in England
- 1917 Basingstoke by-election
- 1917 Cambridge by-election
- 1917 Chesterton by-election
- 1917 Epping by-election
- 1917 Henley by-election
- 1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election
- 1917 Norwich by-election
- 1917 Oxford by-election
- 1917 Rossendale by-election
- 1917 Rotherham by-election
- 1917 Salford North by-election
- 1917 Southampton by-election
- 1917 Spalding by-election
- 1917 Stockton-on-Tees by-election
- 1917 Tamworth by-election
- 1917 Wisbech by-election
- Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Cottingley Fairies
- Gruban v Booth
- SM UB-81
- SS Radaas
1917 in Germany
- 1917 in Germany
- Bellevue Conference (September 11, 1917)
- Berlin Conference (August 14, 1917)
- Bingen Conference (July 31, 1917)
- Blockade of Germany (1914–1919)
- Oath crisis
- SM UB-65
- SM UB-81
- Turnip Winter
- United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)
- Werkbund Exhibition – The Dwelling
- Zimmermann Telegram
German submarine stubs
- German Type Mittel U submarine
- German submarine U-795
- German submarine U-883
- German submarine U-884
- German submarine U-9 (S188)
- Hai (midget submarine)
- Marder (submarine)
- SM U-115
- SM U-116
- SM U-132
- SM U-135
- SM U-137
- SM U-15 (Germany)
- SM U-2 (Germany)
- SM U-5 (Germany)
- SM UB-115
- SM UB-132
- SM UB-68
- SM UB-81
- Type 202 submarine
- Type 205 submarine
- Type 216 submarine
- Type Large MS submarine
- Type U 127 submarine
- Type U 31 submarine
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_UB-81
Also known as German submarine UB 81, German submarine UB-81, German submarine UB81, UB 81, UB-81, UB81, Unterseeboot B-81.