| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-104 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 338[1] |
| Launched: | 25 May 1918[1] |
| Commissioned: | 18 October 1918[1] |
| Fate: | surrendered, November 1918; broken up, July 1921[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC III submarine |
| Displacement: | 491 t (541 short tons), surfaced[2] 571 t (629 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 185 ft 5 in (56.52 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × MAN 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 600 bhp (450 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 770 shp (570 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h), surfaced[2] 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 9,850 nautical miles @ 7 knots, surfaced[3] (18,240 km @ 13 km/h) 40 nautical miles @ 4.5 knots, submerged[3] (74 km @ 8.3 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 75 m (246 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 32[3] |
| Armament: | 6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 14 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) KL/45 deck gun[3] |
| Notes: | 15-second diving time[2] |
SM UC-104 was a German Type UC III minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 25 May 1918. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 October 1918 as SM UC-104.[Note 1] As with the rest of the completed UC III boats, UC-104 conducted no war patrols and sank no ships. She was surrendered to France on 24 November 1918 and was broken up in Brest in July 1921.[1]
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