| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-34 |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 258[1] |
| Launched: | 28 December 1915[1] |
| Commissioned: | 17 May 1916[1] |
| Fate: | surrendered, November 1918; broken up, 1922[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB II submarine |
| Displacement: | 274 t (302 short tons), surfaced[2] 303 t (334 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 121 ft (37 m)[3] |
| Beam: | 14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)[3] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 2 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: | 2 propeller shafts 2 diesel engines, 270–284 bhp (200–212 kW)[3] 2 electric motor, 280 shp (210 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 9.06 knots (16.78 km/h), surfaced[2] 5.71 knots (10.57 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 8,150 nautical miles @ 5 knots, surfaced[3] (15,090 km @ 9.3 km/h) 45 nautical miles @ 4 knots, submerged[3] (83 km @ 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 22[3] |
| Armament: | 2 x 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes[3] 4 torpedoes (later 6) 1 x 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun[3] |
| Notes: | 30-second diving time[2] |
SM UB-34 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the Kaiserliche Marine (English: Imperial German Navy) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 28 December 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 17 May 1916 as SM UB-34.[Note 1]
UB-34 sank 31 ships in 21 patrols. They included the William Cory and Son collier SS Hurstwood, which UB-34 torpedoed and sank in the North Sea off Whitby on 5th February 1917.
UB-34 was surrendered on 26 November 1918 and broken up at Canning Town in 1922.[1]
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