SM UB-81

SM "UB-81" was a German Type UB III U-boat of the Kaiserliche Marine.

Her keel was laid down 5 Jan 1917, by AG Weser, of Bremen-Vegesack. She was commissioned 18 Sep 1917. [ [http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UB+81 uboat.net - U-boat War in WWI - U-boat Index ] ] . She was mined on the night of 2 December 1917 to the south east of the Isle of Wight. The crew of 34, commanded by Reinhold Saltzwedel, managed to raise the forward torpedo tubes above the surface and 7 escaped before a collision occurred with a British patrol boat and she sunk. She now lies at (coord|50|29|24|N|0|58|15|W|) OSGB at 28 metres. [Dive Wight and Hampshire, Martin Pritchard and Kendal McDonald, ISBN 0-946020-15-9] ] . The wreck is designated as a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986cite web |title=The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2008 | work=Office of Public Sector Information | url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080950_en_1 | accessdate=2008-07-21] and therefore all diving on her is strictly prohibited.

ee also

* List of U-boats

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