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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Подводник №18 [Podvodnik No18] (ex-U8, ex-UB8)			Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany	1914	1915	4.1915 // 5.1916	to France 2.1919

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	127 / 142
Length, m	28.1
Breadth, m	3.15
Draught, m	3.03
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Daimler diesel / 1 SSW electric motor
Power, h. p.	60 / 120
Max speed, kts	6.5 / 5.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 3.5
Endurance, nm(kts)	1650(5) / 45(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 2 - 450 TT (bow, 2)
Complement	14
Diving depth operational, m	50

Standard scale images

Project history UB I type coastal submarines with a diving depth of 50m; single-hulled type with a diving time of 33 seconds.

UB I type coastal submarines with a diving depth of 50m; single-hulled type with a diving time of 33 seconds. German UB8 was sold to Bulgaria.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Podvodnik No.18 came to France as a war reparation.