SM UC-24

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-24.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-24
Ordered: 26 August 1915[1]
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 274[1]
Launched: 4 March 1916[1]
Commissioned: 15 August 1916[1]
Fate: torpedoed and sunk by French submarine Circé on 24 May 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 at 7 knots, surfaced[3]
(17,460 km at 13 km/h)
55 nautical miles 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: I Flotilla
13 Nov 1916 - 21 Feb 1917
Pola Flotilla
21 Feb 1917 - 24 May 1917
Commanders: Kptlt Kurt Willich[4]
17 Aug 1916 - 24 May 1917
Operations: 4 patrols
Victories: 4 merchant ships sunk (9,815 GRT)

SM UC-24 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-24.[Note 1] In 4 patrols UC-24 was credited with sinking 4 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-24 was torpedoed and sunk by French submarine Circé off Cattaro on 24 May 1917.[1]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[5]
4 February 1917 Solbakken  Norway 2,616 Sunk
6 February 1917 Ellavore  Norway 2,733 Sunk
6 February 1917 Havgard  Norway 1,279 Sunk
11 July 1917 Siracusa  Kingdom of Italy 3,187 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-24". 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. ↑ "Kurt Willich". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "SM UC-24 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 15 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.