Relic Submarine UB-75 piece

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Relic Submarine UB-75 piece

This 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 11th September 1917 as SM UB-75 and was serving in the Flanders Flotillas on the 10th of December 1917 she was lost with all hands after hitting a mine.

This piece of submarine was dredged up in a local fishing boat, along the east coast of Bridlington and Scarborough.  This piece has been cleaned up and has the number of the vessel imprinted,  its of copper and brass and was a ring but part blown off,  its a heavy piece, size is 9 inch x 9 inch.

This submarine was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, was launched at Hamburg on 5 May 1917. UB-75 submarine was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-75 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-75 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,680 nautical miles (16,080 km; 9,990 mi). UB-75 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 648 t (638 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) when surfaced and 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) when submerged.

Relic Submarine UB-75 piece