SM UB-74 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 24 October 1917 as SM UB-74.

UB-74 was serving in the Flanders Flotillas. On 26 May 1918 she was sunk by with depth charges in the English channel.

SM UB-74

Construction

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 12 September 1917. UB-74 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Karl Neureuther. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-74 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun. UB-74 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . UB-74 had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.

SM UB-74

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German Type UB III submarines

World War I submarines of Germany

U-boats commissioned in 1917

1917 ships

Ships built in Hamburg

Maritime incidents in 1918

U-boats sunk in 1918

U-boats sunk by depth charges

U-boats sunk by British warships

World War I shipwrecks in the English Channel

Submarines lost with all hands

SM UB-74