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SUBMARINES

UC III type coastal submarine minelayers (1918)

UC80 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
UC80   49 KW Danzig 1917 --- --- BU on the stocks 1919
UC81   50 KW Danzig 1917 --- --- BU on the stocks 1919
UC82   51 KW Danzig 1917 --- --- BU on the stocks 1919
UC83   52 KW Danzig 1917 --- --- BU on the stocks 1919
UC84   53 KW Danzig 1917 --- --- BU on the stocks 1919
UC85   54 KW Danzig 1917 --- --- BU on the stocks 1919
UC86   55 KW Danzig 1917 --- --- BU on the stocks 1919
UC87   320 Weser, Bremen 1917 1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC88   321 Weser, Bremen 1917 1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC89   322 Weser, Bremen 1917 1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC90   324 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 19.1.1918 7.1918 interned 13.11.1918, to Japan 12.1918 (○4潜水艦 [O4])
UC91   325 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 19.1.1918 7.1918 lost on transfer 10.2.1919
UC92   326 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 19.1.1918 8.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
UC93   327 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 19.2.1918 8.1918 to Italy 11.1918
UC94   328 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 19.2.1918 8.1918 to Italy 11.1918
UC95   329 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 19.2.1918 9.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
UC96   330 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 17.3.1918 9.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
UC97   331 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 17.3.1918 9.1918 to USA 11.1918
UC98   332 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 17.3.1918 9.1918 to Italy 11.1918
UC99   333 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 17.3.1918 9.1918 to Japan 11.1918 (○5潜水艦 [O5])
UC100   334 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 14.4.1918 10.1918 to France 11.1918
UC101   335 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 14.4.1918 10.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
UC102   336 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 17.4.1918 10.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
UC103   337 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 14.4.1918 10.1918 to France 11.1918
UC104   338 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 25.5.1918 10.1918 to France 11.1918
UC105   339 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 25.5.1918 10.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
UC106   340 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 25.5.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC107   341 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 2.6.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for France
UC108   342 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 2.6.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC109   343 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 2.6.1918 4.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC110   344 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 6.7.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC111   345 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 6.7.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC112   346 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 6.7.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC113   347 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 6.7.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC114   348 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 11.8.1918 3.1919 // --- completed for United Kingdom
UC115   349 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 11.8.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC116   350 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 11.8.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC117   351 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 11.8.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC118   352 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1917 11.8.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC119   365 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC120   366 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC121   367 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC122   368 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 1.10.1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC123   369 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 1.10.1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC124   370 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 1.10.1918 --- BU incomplete 1919
UC125   371 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 8.12.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC126   372 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 8.12.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC127   373 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 8.12.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC128   374 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 8.12.1918 --- BU incomplete
UC129   375 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC130   376 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC131   377 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC132   378 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC133   379 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC134   380 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC135   381 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC136   382 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC137   383 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks
UC138   384 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1918 --- --- BU on the stocks

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

UC80 - 86: 474 / 560

UC87 - 89: 480 / 566

UC90 - 118: 491 / 571

UC119 - 138: 511 / 582

Length, m

UC80 - 89: 56.1

UC90 - 118: 56.5

UC119 - 138: 57.1

Breadth, m

5.54

Draught, m

UC80 - 86: 3.76

UC87 - 89: 3.66

UC90 - 138: 3.77

No of shafts

2

Machinery

UC80 - 86: 2 Benz diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

UC87 - 89: 2 Körting diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

UC90 - 138: 2 MAN diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

Power, h. p.

UC80 - 86, 90 - 138: 600 / 770

UC87 - 89: 580 / 770

Max speed, kts

11.5 / 6.6

Fuel, t

UC80 - 86: diesel oil 64

UC87 - 138: diesel oil 67

Endurance, nm(kts)

UC90 - 138: 9850(7) / 40(4.5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08 or 1 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16, 3 - 500 TT (2 bow, 1 stern, 7), 14 mines

Complement

32

Diving depth operational, m

75

Project history: These UC III type minelayers were a considerable improvement on their predecessors, and had a diving depth of 75m. Two TT were sited amidships but were forward-firing. War orders S (UC80-118), V (UC119-152) and AC (UC153 and on). UC139-152 (KW Danzig) and UC153-192 were cancelled before were laid down.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: UC90 was interned at Carlskrona (Sweden) 13.11.1918 and later transferred to Japan. UC91 sank in Baltic Sea after collision with s/s Alexandre Woermann 5.9.1918, salvaged next day, repaired and lost en route to transfer 10.2.1919 in the North Sea.

UC94 1919

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