SM UB-77

SM UB-77 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 2 October 1917 as SM UB-77.
UB-77 was surrendered on 16 January 1919 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Swansea in 1921.

Construction

UB-77 was ordered by the GIN on 23 September 1916.
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 5 May 1917. UB-77 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Wilhelm Meyer. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-77 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun. UB-77 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of. UB-77 had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.