SM UC-29

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-29.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-29
Ordered: 29 August 1915[1]
Builder: AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 68[1]
Launched: 15 July 1916[1]
Commissioned: 15 August 1916[1]
Fate: sunk by British Q ship, 7 June 1917[1]
Service record
Part of: Imperial German Navy
Commanders: Ernst Rosenow
Operations: 7 patrols
Victories: 18 ships of 21,903 tons
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: I Flotilla
19 Oct 1916 - 7 Jun 1917
Commanders: Oblt Ernst Rosenow[4]
15 Aug 1916 - 7 Jun 1917
Operations: 7 patrols
Victories: 16 merchant ships sunk (21,469 GRT)
2 merchant ships damaged (13,042 GRT)
2 warships sunk (440 tons)
1 warship damaged (2,817 tons)

SM UC-29 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 15 July 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 15 August 1916 as SM UC-29.[1][Note 1] In an eight-month career, the UC-29 performed seven combat patrols into the Atlantic Ocean during the German war on Allied trade (Handelskrieg). In these patrols she was very successful, sinking 18 allied ships, totalling 21,903 tons. She also damaged 3 ships of 15,859 tons. On 7 June 1917 she torpedoed the British Q-ship HMS Pargust off the Irish coast, but was ambushed by her hidden armaments when she approached too close and was sunk with 23 hands. Pargust was commanded by British submarine hunter Gordon Campbell and had on board Ronald Niel Stuart and William Williams, who were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions in the engagement.

Her wreck lies in Cork Harbour, Ireland.[5]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[6]
17 November 1916 Canganian  United Kingdom 1,143 Sunk
23 January 1917 Clan Shaw  United Kingdom 3,943 Sunk
24 January 1917 Sunniva  Norway 589 Sunk
5 February 1917 Primrose  United Kingdom 136 Sunk
9 February 1917 HMT Yesso  Royal Navy 229 Sunk
10 February 1917 San Fraterno  United Kingdom 9,587 Damaged
11 February 1917 Norwood  United Kingdom 798 Sunk
11 February 1917 Roanoke  United Kingdom 3,455 Damaged
1 March 1917 Herbert Ingram  United Kingdom 142 Sunk
1 March 1917 Redcap  United Kingdom 199 Sunk
3 March 1917 HMT Northumbria  Royal Navy 211 Sunk
14 March 1917 Storaas  Norway 3,041 Sunk
24 April 1917 Upton Castle  United Kingdom 145 Sunk
27 April 1917 Nidelven  Norway 1,262 Sunk
27 April 1917 Ragnhild  Norway 1,117 Sunk
29 April 1917 Carbo I  Denmark 1,385 Sunk
1 May 1917 Firelight  United Kingdom 1,143 Sunk
3 June 1917 Elisabeth  France 2,061 Sunk
4 June 1917 Songvand  Norway 2,206 Sunk
7 June 1917 HMS Pargust  Royal Navy 2,817 Damaged
3 August 1917 Hornchurch  United Kingdom 2,159 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-29". 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. ↑ "Ernst Rosenow". Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Irish Wrecks Online http://www.irishwrecksonline.net/Lists/CorkListC.htm
  6. ↑ "SM UC-29 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 16 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.