SM UC-18
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-18.
Career (German Empire) | |
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Name: | UC-18 |
Ordered: | 26 August 1915[1] |
Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
Yard number: | 268[1] |
Launched: | 4 March 1916[1] |
Commissioned: | 15 August 1916[1] |
Fate: | sunk by British Q ship, 19 February 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 | |
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Part of: |
Flandern Flotilla 19 Oct 1916 - 19 Feb 1917 |
Commanders: |
Oblt Wilhelm Kiel[4] 15 Aug 1916 – 19 Feb 1917 |
Operations: | 6 patrols |
Victories: |
31 merchant ships sunk (41,972 GRT) 3 merchant ships damaged (21,157 GRT) 4 warships sunk (1,659 tons) |
SM UC-18 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 26 August 1915 and was launched on 4 March 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 15 August 1916 as SM UC-18.[Note 1] In 6 patrols UC-18 was credited with sinking 35 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-18 was sunk by the British Q ship Lady Olive on 19 February 1917.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
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3 November 1916 | HMT Glenprosen | Royal Navy | 224 | Sunk |
5 November 1916 | HMT Cantatrice | Royal Navy | 302 | Sunk |
9 November 1916 | HMS Fair Maid | Royal Navy | 432 | Sunk |
9 November 1916 | Marga | United Kingdom | 674 | Sunk |
10 November 1916 | H.m.w. | United Kingdom | 93 | Sunk |
13 November 1916 | Lilloise | France | 165 | Sunk |
15 November 1916 | Lake Michigan | United Kingdom | 9,288 | Damaged |
16 November 1916 | Trevarrack | United Kingdom | 4,199 | Sunk |
11 December 1916 | Inger | Denmark | 786 | Sunk |
14 December 1916 | Glencoe | United Kingdom | 2,560 | Sunk |
14 December 1916 | Leca | Portugal | 1,911 | Sunk |
15 December 1916 | Rogn | Norway | 1,028 | Sunk |
17 December 1916 | Cascais | Portugal | 835 | Sunk |
17 December 1916 | Immaculee Conception | France | 246 | Sunk |
17 December 1916 | Prima | Norway | 1,233 | Sunk |
17 December 1916 | Prosper Leon | France | 42 | Sunk |
17 December 1916 | Saint Yves | France | 325 | Sunk |
18 December 1916 | Kansan | United States | 7,913 | Damaged |
22 December 1916 | Amedee | France | 130 | Sunk |
22 December 1916 | Dansborg | Denmark | 2,242 | Sunk |
22 December 1916 | Hroptatyr | Denmark | 1,300 | Sunk |
12 January 1917 | Saint Michel | France | 419 | Sunk |
13 January 1917 | Toftwood | United Kingdom | 3,082 | Sunk |
14 January 1917 | Martin | United Kingdom | 1,904 | Sunk |
15 January 1917 | Bernadette | France | 128 | Sunk |
15 January 1917 | Otto | Norway | 401 | Sunk |
16 January 1917 | City of Tampico | Norway | 1,513 | Sunk |
17 January 1917 | Jeune France | France | 126 | Sunk |
17 January 1917 | Valle | Spain | 2,365 | Sunk |
18 January 1917 | Louis Joseph | France | 197 | Sunk |
18 January 1917 | Louise | France | 101 | Sunk |
19 January 1917 | Klampenborg | Denmark | 1,785 | Sunk |
19 January 1917 | Parahyba | Uruguay | 2,606 | Sunk |
20 January 1917 | Phoebe | France | 3,956 | Damaged |
22 January 1917 | Aurelie | France | 89 | Sunk |
18 February 1917 | Netherton | United Kingdom | 199 | Sunk |
19 February 1917 | HMS Lady Olive | Royal Navy | 701 | 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 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-18". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant, p. 173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182.
- ↑ "Wilhelm Kiel". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-18 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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