SM UB-75 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy () during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 11 September 1917 as SM UB-75.
UB-75 was serving in the Flanders Flotillas. On 10 December 1917 she was lost with all hands after hitting a mine.
Construction
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 5 May 1917. UB-75 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-75 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun. UB-75 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . UB-75 had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageTonnages are in gross register tonsFate4 November 1917Lucida1,477Damaged9 November 1917Frithjof Eide1,207Sunk5 December 1917Aigburth824Sunk6 December 1917Leda1,140Sunk7 December 1917Highgate1,780Sunk8 December 1917Lampada2,230Sunk9 December 1917Venetia3,596Sunk
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External links 'UB-41 and UB-75, off Robin Hood's Bay: Marine Geophysical Survey report' England project to research First World War Submarine wrecks