SM UB-113 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 25 April 1918 as SM UB-113.
UB-113 was lost in the autumn of 1918 for unknown reasons. According to recent sources, SM UB-113 probably crossed paths with the French gunboat l'Engageante on 29 August in the Gulf of Gascony and was sunk. Occasional confusion with the , which also met a mysterious fate, remains.
Construction
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched in Hamburg on 23 September 1917. UB-113 was commissioned in the spring of the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Ulrich Pilzecker. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-113 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with an deck gun. UB-113 would carry a crew of up to 3 officers and 31 men and had a cruising range of . UB-113 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 tonsFate21 July 1918Kongen714Sunk17 August 1918Eros1,122Sunk23 September 1918Aldershot2,177Sunk
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