| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-3 |
| Ordered: | by November 1914[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 47[1] |
| Launched: | 28 May 1915[1] |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1915[1] |
| Fate: | sunk by mine, 27 May 1916[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC I submarine |
| Displacement: | 168 t (185 short tons), surfaced[2] 183 t (202 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 × Daimler 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 90 bhp (67 kW)[3] 1 × electric motor, 175 shp (130 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h), surfaced[2] 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 780 nautical miles @ 5 knots, surfaced[3] (1,440 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-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 SM UC-3.[Note 1] Mines laid by UC-3 in her 29 patrols were credited with sinking 21 ships. UC-3 was mined and sunk on 27 May 1916.[1]
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