SM UB-142

SM UB-142 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 31 August 1918 as SM UB-142.

She was surrendered to France on 22 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up at Landerneau in July 1921.

Construction
She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 23 July 1918. UB-142 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm deck gun. UB-142 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,280 nmi. UB-142 had a displacement of 523 t while surfaced and 653 t when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.5 kn when surfaced and 7.5 kn when submerged.