SM UC-15
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-15.
| 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 (1,690 km) at 5 knots, surfaced[3] (1,690 km at 9.3 km/h) 50 nautical miles (93 km) at 4 knots, submerged[3] (93 km at 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] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Constantinople Flotilla 28 Jun 1915 - 30 Nov 1916 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Albrecht von Dewitz[4] 28 Jun 1915 – 20 Jun 1916 Oblt Bruno Heller[5] 6 Oct 1916 - 30 Nov 1916 |
| Operations: | 8 patrols |
| Victories: |
3 merchant ships sunk (874 GRT) 1 warship sunk (350 tons) |
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 during her 8 patrols are credited with sinking 3 ships. UC-15 disappeared in November 1916.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 1916 | Zhivuchi |  Imperial Russian Navy |
350 | Sunk |
| 25 April 1916 | Sv. Georgiy Pobedonsets |  Russian Empire |
112 | Sunk |
| 20 June 1916 | Merkury | Russian Empire |
762 | Sunk |
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 1.6 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-15". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tarrant, p. 173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Gardiner, p. 181.
- ↑ "Albrecht von Dewitz". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ "Bruno Heller". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-15 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
Bibliography
- Bendert, Harald (2001). Die UC-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine 1914-1918. Minenkrieg mit U-Booten (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0758-7.
- 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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