SM UC-16

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-16.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-16
Ordered: 29 August 1915[1]
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 266[1]
Launched: 1 February 1916[1]
Commissioned: 18 June 1916[1]
Fate: probably sunk by mine in October 1917[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:German Type UC II submarine
Displacement:417 t (460 short tons), surfaced[2]
493 t (543 short tons), submerged
Length:161 ft 11 in (49.35 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:11.6 knots (21.5 km/h), surfaced[2]
7.0 knots (13.0 km/h), submerged
Endurance:9,430 nautical miles (17,460 km) at 7 knots, surfaced[3]
(17,460 km at 13 km/h)
55 nautical miles (102 km) at 4 knots, submerged[3]
(102 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]
Service record
Part of: Flandern Flotilla
11 Sep 1916 - 4 Oct 1917
Commanders: Oblt Egon von Werner[4]
26 Jun 1916 – 22 Apr 1917
Oblt Georg Reimarus[5]
15 Jul 1917 - 4 Oct 1917
Operations: 13 patrols
Victories: 42 merchant ships sunk (42,527 GRT)
4 merchant ships damaged (24,465 GRT)
2 warship sunk (419 tons)

SM UC-16 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 29 August 1915 and was launched on 1 February 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 June 1916 as SM UC-16.[Note 1] In 13 patrols UC-16 was credited with sinking 42 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-16 disappeared in October 1917. A postwar German study concluded that UC-16 probably sank after striking a mine off Zeebrugge.[1]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[6]
23 September 1916 Andromeda  United Kingdom 149 Sunk
23 September 1916 Beechwold  United Kingdom 129 Sunk
23 September 1916 Britannia III  United Kingdom 138 Sunk
23 September 1916 Cockatrice  United Kingdom 115 Sunk
23 September 1916 Mercury  United Kingdom 183 Sunk
23 September 1916 Phoenix  United Kingdom 117 Sunk
23 September 1916 Refino  United Kingdom 182 Sunk
23 September 1916 Rego  United Kingdom 176 Sunk
23 September 1916 Restless  United Kingdom 125 Sunk
23 September 1916 Viella  United Kingdom 144 Sunk
23 September 1916 Weelsby  United Kingdom 122 Sunk
19 October 1916 Alaunia  United Kingdom 13,405 Sunk
22 October 1916 Fortuna  Netherlands 1,254 Sunk
11 November 1916 Daphne  Norway 1,388 Sunk
11 November 1916 Veronica  United Kingdom 27 Sunk
13 November 1916 Marie Therese  France 156 Sunk
14 November 1916 N.D. De Bon Secours  France 81 Sunk
14 November 1916 Nominoe  France 327 Sunk
14 November 1916 Salangane  France 125 Sunk
16 November 1916 Lobelia  France 80 Sunk
16 November 1916 Vasco  United Kingdom 1,914 Sunk
26 November 1916 Caloric  Norway 7,012 Damaged
28 December 1916 Suffolk  United Kingdom 7,573 Damaged
30 December 1916 Aspenleaf  United Kingdom 7,535 Damaged
18 January 1917 Taormina  Kingdom of Italy 2,457 Sunk
19 January 1917 Anna  Norway 1,237 Sunk
19 January 1917 Reinunga  Norway 1,147 Sunk
19 January 1917 Theresdal  Norway 1,762 Sunk
21 January 1917 Couronne  France 169 Sunk
22 January 1917 Juno  Netherlands 2,345 Damaged
23 January 1917 Ymer  Norway 1,123 Sunk
15 February 1917 Leven  United Kingdom 775 Sunk
26 February 1917 Sea Gull  United Kingdom 144 Sunk
26 February 1917 HMT St. Germain  Royal Navy 307 Damaged
15 March 1917 Coonagh  United Kingdom 1,412 Sunk
20 April 1917 HMS Glen  Royal Navy 112 Damaged
27 July 1917 Dirk  Netherlands 81 Sunk
27 July 1917 Dirk van Duyne  Netherlands 116 Sunk
27 July 1917 Jan  Netherlands 104 Sunk
27 July 1917 Majoor Thomson  Netherlands 110 Sunk
27 July 1917 President Commissaris van den Burgh  Netherlands 111 Sunk
27 July 1917 Sterna III  Netherlands 111 Sunk
28 July 1917 Neptunus I  Netherlands 80 Sunk
16 August 1917 Manchester Engineer  United Kingdom 4,465 Sunk
17 August 1917 Susie  United Kingdom 41 Sunk
18 August 1917 Ardens  United Kingdom 1,274 Sunk
4 September 1917 Bishopston  United Kingdom 2,513 Sunk
7 September 1917 Hinemoa  United Kingdom 2,283 Sunk
7 September 1917 Vestfjeld  Norway 2,063 Sunk

Notes

  1. ↑ "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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-16". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant, p. 173.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182.
  4. ↑ "Egon von Werner (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Georg Reimarus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "SM UC-16 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

Bibliography

  • 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.