SM UC-67
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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 [3] | |
Class and type | German Type UC II submarine |
Displacement |
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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)[4] |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft)[4] |
Complement | 26[4] |
Armament | |
Notes | 35-second diving time[2] |
Service record | |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | 11 patrols |
Victories: |
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]
Design
A German Type UC II submarine, UC-67 had a displacement of 427 tonnes (420 long tons) when at the surface and 508 tonnes (500 long tons) while submerged. It had a total length of 165 ft 2 in (50.34 m), a beam of 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in),[2] and a draught of 4 m (13 ft 1 in).[4] The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing 500 metric horsepower (490 shp; 370 kW) (a total of 1,000 metric horsepower (990 shp)*, two electric motors each producing 340 kilowatts (460 shp; 460 PS), and two propeller shafts. It had a dive time of 48 seconds[2] and was capable of operating at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft).[4]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) and a submerged speed of 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph). When submerged, it could operate for 52 nautical miles (96 km; 60 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, it could travel 10,420 nautical miles (19,300 km; 11,990 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph).[2] UC-67 was fitted with six 100 centimetres (39 in) mine tubes,[4] eighteen UC 200 mines, three 50 centimetres (20 in) torpedo tubes (one on the stern and two on the bow), seven torpedoes, and one 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) KL/30 deck gun.[2] Its complement was twenty-six crew members.[4]
Summary of raiding career
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[7] |
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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". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Tarrant, p. 173.
- ^ Gröner 1985, p. 59.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gardiner, p. 182.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Karl Neumann (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Martin Niemöller". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UC-67". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - 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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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.