| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-15 |
| Ordered: | 23 November 1914[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
| Yard number: | 229[1] |
| Laid down: | 28 January 1915[1] |
| Launched: | 19 May 1915[1] |
| Commissioned: | 28 June 1915[1] |
| Fate: | disappeared in November 1916[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC I submarine |
| Displacement: | 168 t (185 short tons), surfaced[2] 182 t (201 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 111 ft 6 in (33.99 m)[3] |
| Beam: | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)[3] |
| Draft: | 10 ft (3 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: | 1 × propeller shaft 1 × Benz 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 90 bhp (67 kW)[3] 1 × electric motor, 175 shp (130 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 6.49 knots (12.02 km/h), surfaced[2] 5.67 knots (10.50 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 910 nautical miles @ 5 knots, surfaced[3] (1,690 km @ 9.3 km/h) 50 nautical miles @ 4 knots, submerged[3] (93 km @ 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 14[3] |
| Armament: | 6 × 100 cm (39 in) mine tubes[3] 12 × UC 120 mines 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun[2] |
SM UC-15 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 was ordered on 23 November 1914, laid down on 28 January 1915, and was launched on 19 May 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 28 June 1915 as SM UC-15.[Note 1] Mines laid by UC-15 in her 8 patrols were credited with sinking 2 ships. UC-15 disappeared in November 1916.[1]
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