SM UC-3 (original) (raw)
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| History | |
 German Empire |
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| Name | UC-3 |
| Ordered | November 1914[1] |
| Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number | 47[1] |
| Launched | 28 May 1915[1] |
| Commissioned | 1 June 1915[1] |
| Fate | Sunk 23 April 1916[3] Sunk 27 May 1916[1] |
| General characteristics [4] | |
| Class and type | Type UC I submarine |
| Displacement | 168 t (165 long tons), surfaced 183 t (180 long tons), submerged |
| Length | 33.99 m (111 ft 6 in) o/a 29.62 m (97 ft 2 in) pressure hull |
| Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 3.04 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1 × propeller shaft 1 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 90 PS (66 kW; 89 bhp) 1 × electric motor, 175 PS (129 kW; 173 shp) |
| Speed | 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph), surfaced 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph), submerged |
| Range | 780 nmi (1,440 km; 900 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 14 |
| Armament | 6 × 100 cm (39 in) mine tubes 12 × UC 120 mines 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Flandern Flotilla 30 June 1915 – 23 April / 27 May 1916 |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Erwin Weisbach[5] 1 June – 26 September 1915 Oblt.z.S. Erwin Waßner[6] 27 September 1915 – 12 May 1916 Oblt.z.S. Günther Kreysern[7] 13 – 27 May 1916[_dubious – discuss_] |
| Operations: | 29 patrols |
| Victories: | 16 merchant ships sunk (28,483 GRT) 6 auxiliary warships sunk (2,109 GRT) 2 merchant ships damaged (1,909 GRT) |
SM UC-3 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 28 May 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 1 June 1915 as UC-3.[Note 1] Mines laid by UC-3 in her 29 patrols were credited with sinking 22 ships and damaging 2 others. UC-3 was caught in a net, detected by hydrophone, and sunk on 23 April 1916 or mined and sunk on 27 May 1916.[3][1]
A Type UC I submarine, UC-3 had a displacement of 168 tonnes (165 long tons) when at the surface and 183 tonnes (180 long tons) while submerged. She had a length overall of 33.99 m (111 ft 6 in), a beam of 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.04 m (10 ft). The submarine was powered by one Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine producing 90 metric horsepower (66 kW; 89 shp), an electric motor producing 175 metric horsepower (129 kW; 173 shp), and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft).[4]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph). When submerged, she could operate for 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 780 nautical miles (1,440 km; 900 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph). UC-3 was fitted with six 100 centimetres (39 in) mine tubes, twelve UC 120 mines, and one 8 millimetres (0.31 in) machine gun. She was built by AG Vulcan Stettin and her complement was fourteen crew members.[4]
UC-3 was the first submarine to be detected and sunk using a hydrophone. UC-3's fate have different version: One is on 23 April 1916 she was detected using a hydrophone, trapped in a net, and then quickly sunk after a large explosion.[3] The ship that sank her was the anti-submarine trawler Cheerio, captained by Thomson.[8] Another is on 27 May 1916, she got mined and sunk.[1]
Summary of raiding history
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| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 1915 | Peik |  Norway |
1,168 | Sunk |
| 14 July 1915 | Vivid |  Belgium |
150 | Sunk |
| 20 July 1915 | HMY Rhiannon |  Royal Navy |
137 | Sunk |
| 21 July 1915 | HMT Briton | Royal Navy |
196 | Sunk |
| 12 September 1915 | Ashmore |  United Kingdom |
2,519 | Sunk |
| 14 October 1915 | Salerno | United Kingdom |
2,071 | Sunk |
| 16 October 1915 | Volscian | United Kingdom |
570 | Damaged |
| 17 October 1915 | HMT Javelin | Royal Navy |
205 | Sunk |
| 25 October 1915 | Selma | Norway |
1,654 | Sunk |
| 6 November 1915 | Alastair | United Kingdom |
366 | Sunk |
| 11 November 1915 | Rhineland | United Kingdom |
1,501 | Sunk |
| 17 November 1915 | Ulriken | Norway |
2,379 | Sunk |
| 29 November 1915 | HMS Duchess of Hamilton | Royal Navy |
553 | Sunk |
| 10 December 1915 | Nereus | Norway |
742 | Sunk |
| 11 December 1915 | Pinegrove | United Kingdom |
2,847 | Sunk |
| 18 December 1915 | Nico | Norway |
712 | Sunk |
| 21 December 1915 | HMS Lady Ismay | Royal Navy |
495 | Sunk |
| 27 December 1915 | Hadley | United Kingdom |
1,777 | Sunk |
| 14 January 1916 | Breslau | United Kingdom |
1,339 | Damaged |
| 18 January 1916 | Auvergne |  French Navy |
523 | Sunk |
| 8 February 1916 | Argo | United Kingdom |
1,720 | Sunk |
| 28 February 1916 | Thornaby | United Kingdom |
1,782 | Sunk |
| 26 May 1916 | Denewood | United Kingdom |
1,221 | Sunk |
| 3 June 1916 | Golconda | United Kingdom |
5,874 | Sunk |
^ "SM" stands for Seiner Majestäts (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the "U" for Unterseeboot translates as "His Majesty's Submarine".
^ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
^ a b c d e f g Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC 3". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ Tarrant, p. 173.
^ a b c Brodie, Bernard; Brodie, Fawn M. (1973). From Crossbow to H-bomb: the evolution of tactics and warfare (First Midland ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 184. ISBN 0253201616. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ a b c Gröner 1991, pp. 30–31.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Erwin Weisbach". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Erwin Waßner (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Günther Kreysern". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
^ Thomas, Lowell (July 1929). "Fighting the Submarine". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UC 3". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
- 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.
- Tarrant, V.E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385.