SM UC-34
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-34 |
| Ordered: | 20 November 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 275[1] |
| Launched: | 6 May 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 25 September 1916[1] |
| Fate: | scuttled at Pola, October 1918[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: |
427 t (471 short tons), surfaced[2] 509 t (561 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 165 ft 2 in (50.34 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 2 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: |
2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)[3] |
| Speed: |
11.9 knots (22.0 km/h), surfaced[2] 6.8 knots (12.6 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: |
10,180 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (18,850 km at 13 km/h) 54 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (100 km at 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 26[3] |
| Armament: |
6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun[2] |
| Notes: | 35-second diving time[2] |
SM UC-34 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 6 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 September 1916 as SM UC-34.[Note 1] In nine patrols UC-34 was credited with sinking 21 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid.
On 30 December 1917 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Horst Obermüller, UC-34 torpedoed the British troop ship HMT Aragon off the Port of Alexandria.[4][5] Aragon's escort, the destroyer HMS Attack, rescued 300 to 400 survivors but then UC-34 torpedoed and sank her was well. Of 2,500 personnel who had been aboard Aragon, 610 were killed.[4][5]
UC-34 was scuttled at Pola on 28 October 1918 on the surrender of Austria-Hungary.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-34". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant 1989, p. 173
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner 1985, p. 182
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Helgason, Guðmundur (1995–2013). "Aragon". uboat.net. Guðmundur Helgason. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Last Song on Doomed Ship". The Northern Star (Lismore, New South Wales). Retrieved 9 April 2013.
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