SM UC-26
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-26.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-26 |
| Ordered: | 29 August 1915[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 65[1] |
| Launched: | 22 June 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 18 July 1916[1] |
| Fate: | rammed and sunk by HMS Milne, 8 May 1917[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: | 400 t (440 short tons), surfaced[2] 480 t (530 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 162 ft 3 in (49.45 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] 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 9,260 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (17,150 km at 13 km/h) 53 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (98 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: | 48-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: Flandern Flotilla 12 Sep 1916 - 8 May 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Matthias Graf von Schmettow[4] 18 Jul 1916 - 8 May 1917 |
| Operations: | 9 patrols |
| Victories: |
31 merchant ships sunk (58,915 gross register tons (GRT)) 5 merchant ships damaged (17,784 GRT) 8 warships sunk (2,565 tons) |
SM UC-26 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 22 June 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 July 1916 as SM UC-26.[Note 1] In 9 patrols UC-26 was credited with sinking 39 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-26 was rammed and sunk by HMS Milne off Calais on 8 May 1917.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1916 | Prinsessan Ingeborg |  Sweden |
3,670 | Damaged |
| 30 September 1916 | Maywood |  United Kingdom |
1,188 | Sunk |
| 30 September 1916 | William George | United Kingdom |
151 | Sunk |
| 1 October 1916 | Vanellus | United Kingdom |
1,797 | Sunk |
| 1 October 1916 | Villebois Mareuil |  France |
32 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1916 | Ada |  Norway |
1,111 | Sunk |
| 4 October 1916 | Risholm | Norway |
2,550 | Sunk |
| 5 October 1916 | Isle of Hastings | United Kingdom |
1,575 | Sunk |
| 13 October 1916 | Mercator |  Finland |
2,827 | Sunk |
| 27 October 1916 | Blanc Nez |  French Navy |
247 | Sunk |
| 28 October 1916 | HMHS Galeka |  Royal Navy |
6,772 | Sunk |
| 30 October 1916 | Saint Hubert | French Navy |
216 | Sunk |
| 1 November 1916 | Torpilleur 300 | French Navy |
99 | Sunk |
| 15 November 1916 | Saint Leonards | United Kingdom |
4,574 | Damaged |
| 16 November 1916 | HMT Anthony Hope | Royal Navy |
288 | Sunk |
| 16 November 1916 | Joachim Brinch Lund | Norway |
1,603 | Sunk |
| 16 November 1916 | San Nicolao |  Portugal |
2,697 | Sunk |
| 17 November 1916 | Monmouth | United Kingdom |
4,078 | Damaged |
| 19 November 1916 | Finn | Norway |
3,806 | Sunk |
| 21 November 1916 | Cap Lihou | France |
252 | Sunk |
| 22 November 1916 | Brierton | United Kingdom |
3,255 | Sunk |
| 22 November 1916 | Trym | Norway |
1,801 | Sunk |
| 23 November 1916 | Dansted |  Denmark |
1,499 | Sunk |
| 25 November 1916 | Alfred De Courcy | France |
164 | Sunk |
| 25 November 1916 | Malvina | France |
112 | Sunk |
| 10 December 1916 | Strathalbyn | United Kingdom |
4,331 | Sunk |
| 28 January 1917 | Egret |  Russian Empire |
4,055 | Sunk |
| 28 January 1917 | Argo | Norway |
1,261 | Sunk |
| 28 January 1917 | Heimland I | Norway |
505 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1917 | Mona's Queen | United Kingdom |
1,200 | Damaged |
| 7 February 1917 | Noella | French Navy |
277 | Sunk |
| 10 April 1917 | HMS P 26 | Royal Navy |
613 | Sunk |
| 10 April 1917 | Salta | United Kingdom |
7,284 | Sunk |
| 11 April 1917 | HMT Amy | Royal Navy |
270 | Sunk |
| 11 April 1917 | Branksome Hall | United Kingdom |
4,262 | Damaged |
| 11 April 1917 | Duchess of Cornwall | United Kingdom |
1,706 | Sunk |
| 13 April 1917 | Gambetta | France |
39 | Sunk |
| 14 April 1917 | Tom |  Spain |
2,413 | Sunk |
| 18 April 1917 | Surcouf | France |
195 | Sunk |
| 19 April 1917 | Senator Dantziger | United Kingdom |
164 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1917 | Certo | Norway |
1,629 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1917 | HMS Derwent | Royal Navy |
555 | Sunk |
| 3 May 1917 | Ussa | United Kingdom |
2,066 | Sunk |
| 8 May 1917 | Iris | United Kingdom |
75 | 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-26". 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.
- ↑ "Matthias Graf von Schmettow (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". uboat.net. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-26 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 2 January 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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