SM UC-63

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For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-63.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-63
Ordered: 12 January 1916[1]
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen[2]
Yard number: 261[1]
Laid down: 3 April 1916[1]
Launched: 6 January 1917[1]
Commissioned: 30 January 1917[1]
Fate: torpedoed and sunk by HMS E52 on 1 November 1917[1]
General characteristics
Class & type: German Type UC II submarine
Displacement: 422 t (465 short tons), surfaced[2]
504 t (556 short tons), submerged
Length: 170 ft 1 in (51.84 m)[2]
Beam:

17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)<ref name=Tarrant-173

Ship draft={{convert|12|ft|2|in|m|0|abbr=on}}[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]
7.2 knots (13.3 km/h), submerged
Endurance: 8,000 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3]
(15,000 km at 13 km/h)
59 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3]
(109 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: 30-second diving time[2]

SM UC-63 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 12 January 1916, laid down on 3 April 1916, and was launched on 6 January 1917. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 30 January 1917 as SM UC-63.[Note 1] In 9 patrols UC-63 was credited with sinking 36 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-63 was torpedoed and sunk by HMS E52 off Goodwin Sands on 1 November 1917.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ "SM" stands for Seiner Majestäts (English: His Majesty's) and combined with "U" for Unterseeboot translates as "His Majesty's Submarine".

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-63". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2009. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Tarrant, p. 173
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182

References

  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866. 
  • Tarrant, V.E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385. 


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  • List of German U-boats


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