German Type UC II submarine
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | AG Weser, Bremen Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Vulcan, Hamburg Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Operators: |  Kaiserliche Marine |
| Preceded by: | UC I |
| Built: | 1916–1918 |
| In commission: | 1916–1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Coastal minelaying submarine |
| Displacement: | 417–434 long tons (424–441 t) surfaced 511 long tons (519 t) submerged |
| Length: | 52.7 m (173 ft) o/a |
| Beam: | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts 6-cylinder diesel engines, 500 hp (373 kW) Siemens-Schuckert electric motors, 460 hp (343 kW) |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 8,000 mi (13,000 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced 54 mi (87 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 26 men |
| Armament: | • 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) external bow torpedo tubes • 1 × internal stern tube (7 torpedoes) • 1 × 88 mm or 105 mm deck gun • 18 × mines in 6 internal chutes |
Type UC II minelaying submarines were used by the Kaiserliche Marine during the World War I. They displaced 417 tons, carried 7 torpedoes and up to 18 mines. The ships were double hulled with improved range and seakeeping compared to the UC I type, as well as being fitted with torpedoes and guns as well as mines.
If judged only by the numbers of enemy vessels destroyed, the UC II is the most successful submarine design in the history: According to modern estimates, they sank more than 1800 enemy vessels.[1]
[edit] List of Type UC II submarines
There were 64 Type UC II submarines commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine.
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1922
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