SM UC-10
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| History | |||||
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 German Empire | |||||
| Name | UC-10 | ||||
| Ordered | 14 November 1914[1] | ||||
| Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] | ||||
| Yard number | 54[1] | ||||
| Launched | 15 July 1915[1] | ||||
| Commissioned | 17 July 1915[1] | ||||
| Fate | sunk by HMS E54, 21 August 1916[1] | ||||
| General characteristics [3] | |||||
| Class and type | German Type UC I submarine | ||||
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 168 t (165 long tons), surfaced[2] 183 t (180 long tons), submerged | ||||
| Length | 33.99 m (111 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) | ||||
| Draft | 3.04 m (10 ft 0 in) | ||||
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × propeller shaft 1 × Daimler 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 90 bhp (67 kW) 1 × electric motor, 175 shp (130 kW) | ||||
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph), surfaced[2] 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph), submerged | ||||
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 780 nmi (1,440 km; 900 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced 50 mni[convert: unknown unit] at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged | ||||
| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) | ||||
| Complement | 14 | ||||
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 6 × 100 cm (39 in) mine tubes 12 × UC 120 mines 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun[2] | ||||
| is_ship = yes | label = Service record[4] | partof = Flandern Flotilla 19 December 1915 – 21 August 1916 |
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operations = 30 patrols | 30,669) 5 merchant ships damaged (16,627 GRT |
SM UC-10 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Template:Lang-de) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 14 November 1914 and was launched on 15 July 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 17 July 1915 as SM UC-10.[Note 1] Mines laid by UC-10 in her 30 patrols were credited with sinking 17 ships. UC-10 was torpedoed and sunk on 21 August 1916 by British submarine E54 at position 52°02′N 03°54′E / 52.033°N 3.900°E.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 December 1915 | Ellewoutsdijk |  Netherlands
|
2,229 | Sunk |
| 4 January 1916 | Leto | Netherlands
|
3,225 | Sunk |
| 5 January 1916 | Fridtjof Nansen |  Norway
|
3,275 | Sunk |
| 21 January 1916 | Apollo | Netherlands
|
799 | Sunk |
| 22 January 1916 | Falls City |  United Kingdom
|
4,729 | Damaged |
| 25 February 1916 | Southford | United Kingdom
|
963 | Sunk |
| 26 February 1916 | Birgit |  Sweden
|
1,117 | Sunk |
| 29 February 1916 | Malvina | United Kingdom
|
1,244 | Damaged |
| 7 March 1916 | HMS Coquette |  Royal Navy
|
335 | Sunk |
| 7 March 1916 | TB. 11 | United Kingdom
|
263 | Sunk |
| 11 March 1916 | Zaandijk | Netherlands
|
4,189 | Damaged |
| 18 March 1916 | Palembang | Netherlands
|
6,674 | Sunk |
| 3 April 1916 | Ino | Norway
|
702 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1916 | Dubhe | Netherlands
|
3,233 | Damaged |
| 26 April 1916 | Noordzee | Netherlands
|
298 | Sunk |
| 1 May 1916 | Hendon Hall | United Kingdom
|
3,994 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1916 | Rochester City | United Kingdom
|
1,239 | Sunk |
| 22 May 1916 | Rhenass | United Kingdom
|
285 | Sunk |
| 27 May 1916 | Lincairn | United Kingdom
|
3,638 | Sunk |
| 1 June 1916 | Parkgate | United Kingdom
|
3,232 | Damaged |
| 20 August 1916 | Dragoon | United Kingdom
|
30 | Sunk |
| 3 September 1916 | Rievaulx Abbey | United Kingdom
|
1,166 | Sunk |
| 11 December 1916 | Nora |  Denmark
|
772 | Sunk |
Notes
- ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (Template:Lang-en) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-10". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d Tarrant, p. 173.
- ^ Gröner 1985, p. 57.
- ^ "The Type UC I boat SM UC-10 - German U-boats of WWI - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Ships hit by UC-10". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
Bibliography
- Bendert, Harald (2001). Die UC-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine 1914-1918. Minenkrieg mit U-Booten (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0758-7.
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- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Tarrant, V. E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385.