SM UB-62

SM UB-62 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 9 July 1917 as SM UB-62.
UB-62 was surrendered 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Swansea in 1921.

Construction

UB-62 was ordered by the GIN on 20 May 1916.
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 11 May 1917. UB-62 was commissioned later that same year. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-62 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun. UB-62 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of. UB-62 had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.