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SM UB-65

WWI German Type UB III submarine wreck off Cornwall

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SM UB-65 was a Type UB III U-boat of the Imperial German Navy during World War I. Ordered on 20 May 1916, the U-boat was built at the Vulkan Werke shipyard in Hamburg, launched on 26 June 1917, and commissioned on 18 August 1917, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Martin Schelle.

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Departed Heligoland

2 July 1918

Sank Pensilva

4 May 1918

Sank Havana

5 March 1918

Presumed lost (German record)

10 July 1918

Likely loss based on wreck evidence

on or after 14 July 1918

Sank HMS Arbutus

15 December 1917

Commissioned

18 August 1917

Ordered

20 May 1916

Launched

26 June 1917

Rediscovery and identification

2004

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Coordinates

50.61° N, -5.00° E