SM UC-28

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-28.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-28
Ordered: 29 August 1915[1]
Builder: AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 67[1]
Launched: 8 July 1916[1]
Commissioned: 6 August 1916[1]
Fate: surrendered, February 1919; broken up[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:9,410 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3]
(17,430 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: Training Flotilla
unknown – 11 Nov 1918
Commanders: Oblt Theodor Schultz[4]
6 Aug 1916 - unknown
Operations: No patrols
Victories: None

SM UC-28 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 8 July 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 6 August 1916 as SM UC-28.[Note 1] In 0 patrols UC-28 sank no ships. UC-28 surrendered to France on 12 February 1919 and was broken up.[1]

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-28". 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. "Theodor Schultz". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 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.