German Type UC II submarine

Two Type UC II submarines alongside Austro-Hungarian depot ship Amphitrite at Gjenovic, Bocche di Cattaro, in the Adriatic Sea

Class overview
Builders:|

* AG Weser, Bremen
* Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
* Vulcan, Hamburg
* Germaniawerft, Kiel

Operators:|  Germany Navy
Preceded by:|  UC I
Succeeded by:|  UC III
Cost:|  1,729,000-2,141,000 German Mark
Built:|  1916-1918
In commission:|  1916-1918
Planned:|  64
Building:|  64
Completed:|  64
Lost:|  46
General characteristics
Type:|  Coastal minelaying submarine
Displacement:|

* 400–434 t (394–427 long tons) surfaced
* 480–511 t (472–503 long tons) submerged

Length:|  49.35–53.15 m (161 ft 11 in–174 ft 5 in) o/a
Beam:|  5.22 m (17 ft 2 in)
Draught:|  3.65 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:|

* 2 shafts
* 6-cylinder diesel engines, 500–600 PS (370–440 kW; 490–590 shp)
* Siemens-Schuckert electric motors, 460–620 PS (340–460 kW; 450–610 shp)

Speed:|

* 11.6–12 knots (21.5–22.2 km/h; 13.3–13.8 mph) surfaced
* 6.7–7.4 knots (12.4–13.7 km/h; 7.7–8.5 mph) submerged

Range:|

* 7,280–10,040 mi (11,720–16,160 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced
* 52–60 mi (84–97 km) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged

Test depth:|  50 m (160 ft)
Complement:|  3 officers, 23 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:|  1 periscope
Armament:|

* 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) external bow torpedo tubes
* 1 × internal stern tube (7 torpedoes)
* 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 or 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 deck gun
* 1 machine gun
* 18 × Type UC 200 mines in 6 internal chutes

Type UC II minelaying submarines were used by the Imperial German Navy during World War I. They displaced 417 tons, carried guns, 7 torpedoes and up to 18 mines. The ships were double-hulled with improved range and seakeeping compared to the UC I type.

If judged only by the numbers of enemy vessels destroyed, the UC II is the most successful submarine design in history: According to modern estimates, they sank more than 1800 enemy vessels.[1]

## Contents

* 1 List of Type UC II submarines
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 3.1 Citations
* 3.2 Bibliography

## List of Type UC II submarines

There were 64 Type UC II submarines commissioned into the Imperial German Navy.

* SM UC-16
* SM UC-17
* SM UC-18
* SM UC-19
* SM UC-20
* SM UC-21
* SM UC-22
* SM UC-23
* SM UC-24
* SM UC-25
* SM UC-26
* SM UC-27
* SM UC-28
* SM UC-29
* SM UC-30
* SM UC-31

* SM UC-32
* SM UC-33
* SM UC-34
* SM UC-35
* SM UC-36
* SM UC-37
* SM UC-38
* SM UC-39
* SM UC-40
* SM UC-41
* SM UC-42
* SM UC-43
* SM UC-44
* SM UC-45
* SM UC-46
* SM UC-47

* SM UC-48
* SM UC-49
* SM UC-50
* SM UC-51
* SM UC-52
* SM UC-53
* SM UC-54
* SM UC-55
* SM UC-56
* SM UC-57
* SM UC-58
* SM UC-59
* SM UC-60
* SM UC-61
* SM UC-62
* SM UC-63

* SM UC-64
* SM UC-65
* SM UC-66
* SM UC-67
* SM UC-68
* SM UC-69
* SM UC-70
* SM UC-71
* SM UC-72
* SM UC-73
* SM UC-74
* SM UC-75
* SM UC-76
* SM UC-77
* SM UC-78
* SM UC-79

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## See also

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-boat War in World War One". http://uboat.net/wwi.

### Bibliography

* Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. 2. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
* Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921

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