SM UC-67
| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name | UC-67 |
| Ordered | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number | 283[1] |
| Launched | 6 August 1916[1] |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1916[1] |
| Fate | surrendered, January 1919; broken up, 1919–20[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 427 t (471 short tons), surfaced[2] 508 t (560 short tons), submerged |
| Length | 165 ft 2 in (50.34 m)[2] |
| Beam | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)[2] |
| Draft | 12 ft 2 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)[3] |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 12.0 knots (22.2 km/h), surfaced[2] 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance | list error: <br /> list (help) 10,420 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (19,300 km at 13 km/h) 52 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (96 km at 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement | 26[3] |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun[2] |
| Notes | 35-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
| Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Pola Flotilla 29 Mar 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kptlt Karl Neumann[4] 10 Dec 1916 - 14 Jun 1918 Oblt Martin Niemöller[5] 15 Jun 1918 - 29 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 11 patrols |
| Victories: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 52 merchant ships sunk (93,283 GRT) 3 merchant ships damaged (8,249 GRT) 2 warships sunk (834 tons) |
SM UC-67 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Template:Lang-de) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 6 August 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 10 December 1916 as SM UC-67.[Note 1] In 11 patrols UC-67 was credited with sinking 53 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-67 was surrendered on 16 January 1919 and broken up at Brighton Ferry in 1919–20.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 1917 | Primeira Flor D’Abril |  Portugal
|
20 | Sunk |
| 17 March 1917 | Restaurador | Portugal
|
25 | Sunk |
| 17 March 1917 | Rita Segunda | Portugal
|
27 | Sunk |
| 17 March 1917 | Senhora Do Rosario | Portugal
|
22 | Sunk |
| 18 March 1917 | Victoria |  Sweden
|
1,226 | Sunk |
| 25 March 1917 | Queen Eugenie |  United Kingdom
|
4,359 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1917 | Chertsey | United Kingdom
|
3,264 | Sunk |
| 27 April 1917 | Glencluny | United Kingdom
|
4,812 | Sunk |
| 27 April 1917 | Karuma | United Kingdom
|
2,995 | Sunk |
| 23 May 1917 | Elmmoor | United Kingdom
|
3,744 | Sunk |
| 26 May 1917 | HMHS Dover Castle |  Royal Navy
|
8,271 | Sunk |
| 14 June 1917 | Lowther Castle | United Kingdom
|
4,439 | Damaged |
| 30 June 1917 | Il Nuovo Gasperino Gabriele |  Kingdom of Italy
|
35 | Sunk |
| 1 July 1917 | Angela Madre | Kingdom of Italy
|
80 | Sunk |
| 1 July 1917 | Miltiades Embiricos |  Greece
|
3,448 | Sunk |
| 3 July 1917 | City of Cambridge | United Kingdom
|
3,788 | Sunk |
| 7 July 1917 | Milano | Kingdom of Italy
|
143 | Sunk |
| 7 July 1917 | Southina | United Kingdom
|
3,506 | Sunk |
| 12 July 1917 | Francesco | Kingdom of Italy
|
151 | Sunk |
| 12 July 1917 | Leonardo G. | Kingdom of Italy
|
50 | Sunk |
| 14 August 1917 | Lombardo | Kingdom of Italy
|
3,029 | Sunk |
| 17 August 1917 | Madeleine III |  French Navy
|
149 | Damaged |
| 18 August 1917 | Politania | United Kingdom
|
3,133 | Sunk |
| 21 August 1917 | Goodwood | United Kingdom
|
3,086 | Sunk |
| 23 August 1917 | Fratelli Danieli |  France
|
94 | Sunk |
| 4 October 1917 | Stella | French Navy
|
216 | Sunk |
| 11 November 1917 | Southgate | United Kingdom
|
3,661 | Damaged |
| 25 November 1917 | Iniziativa | Kingdom of Italy
|
24 | Sunk |
| 1 December 1917 | Phoebus | France
|
unknown | Sunk |
| 2 December 1917 | La Rance | France
|
2,610 | Sunk |
| 3 December 1917 | Carmen | Kingdom of Italy
|
5,479 | Sunk |
| 5 December 1917 | Greenwich | United Kingdom
|
2,938 | Sunk |
| 8 December 1917 | La Vittoria | Kingdom of Italy
|
53 | Sunk |
| 20 January 1918 | Faustina B. | Kingdom of Italy
|
105 | Sunk |
| 23 January 1918 | Kerbihan | French Navy
|
195 | Sunk |
| 23 January 1918 | La Drome | French Navy
|
3,236 | Sunk |
| 24 January 1918 | Corse | French Navy
|
1,160 | Sunk |
| 26 January 1918 | Ministro Iriondo |  Argentina
|
1,753 | Sunk |
| 27 January 1918 | Attilio | Kingdom of Italy
|
210 | Sunk |
| 28 January 1918 | Urania | Kingdom of Italy
|
373 | Sunk |
| 29 January 1918 | Giuseppe B. | Kingdom of Italy
|
38 | Sunk |
| 29 January 1918 | Maria S.S. Del Paradiso | Kingdom of Italy
|
114 | Sunk |
| 10 February 1918 | Romford | United Kingdom
|
3,035 | Sunk |
| 9 March 1918 | Jolanda | Kingdom of Italy
|
187 | Sunk |
| 9 March 1918 | Pasqualina | Kingdom of Italy
|
80 | Sunk |
| 11 March 1918 | Tripoli | Kingdom of Italy
|
824 | Sunk |
| 14 March 1918 | Jeanne | France
|
145 | Sunk |
| 15 March 1918 | Armonia |  Canada
|
5,226 | Sunk |
| 20 March 1918 | Matteo Renato Imbriani | Kingdom of Italy
|
5,882 | Sunk |
| 22 March 1918 | San Giuseppe C. | Kingdom of Italy
|
53 | Sunk |
| 24 March 1918 | Partenope | Kingdom of Italy
|
834 | Sunk |
| 25 March 1918 | Francesco Antonio Aiello | Kingdom of Italy
|
44 | Sunk |
| 25 March 1918 | L’iniziatore | Kingdom of Italy
|
47 | Sunk |
| 26 March 1918 | Elisabetha | Kingdom of Italy
|
45 | Sunk |
| 6 July 1918 | Bertrand | United Kingdom
|
3,613 | Sunk |
| 7 September 1918 | Bellbank | United Kingdom
|
3,250 | Sunk |
| 16 September 1918 | G. Voyazides | Greece
|
3,040 | 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-67". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tarrant, p. 173.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gardiner, p. 182.
- ^ "Karl Neumann (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Martin Niemöller". Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "SM UC-67 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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.