SM UC-35

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-35.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-35
Ordered: 20 November 1915[1]
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 276[1]
Launched: 6 May 1916[1]
Commissioned: 2 October 1916[1]
Fate: sunk by French patrol vessel, 17 May 1918[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:German Type UC II submarine
Displacement:427 t (471 short tons), surfaced[2]
509 t (561 short tons), submerged
Length:165 ft 2 in (50.34 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:11.9 knots (22.0 km/h), surfaced[2]
6.8 knots (12.6 km/h), submerged
Endurance:10,180 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3]
(18,850 km at 13 km/h)
54 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3]
(100 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: Pola Flotilla
25 Dec 1916 - 16 May 1918
Commanders: Kptlt Ernst von Voigt[4]
4 Oct 1916 - 13 Jun 1917
Oblt Hans Paul Korsch[5]
14 Jun 1917 - 16 May 1918
Operations: 11 patrols
Victories: 47 merchant ships sunk (70,147 GRT)
6 merchant ships damaged (16,706 GRT)
1 warship sunk (970 tons)

SM UC-35 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 20 November 1915 and was launched on 6 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 2 October 1916 as SM UC-35.[Note 1] In 11 patrols UC-35 was credited with sinking 44 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-35 was sunk by gunfire from the French torpedo boat Aigli southwest of Sardinia on 17 May 1918 at 39°48′N 7°42′E / 39.800°N 7.700°ECoordinates: 39°48′N 7°42′E / 39.800°N 7.700°E.[1]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[6]
22 February 1917 Nostra Signora Del Porto Salvo  United Kingdom 136 Sunk
28 February 1917 Cassini  French Navy 970 Sunk
28 February 1917 Elisabetta Concettina  Kingdom of Italy 45 Sunk
28 February 1917 Giustina Madre  Kingdom of Italy 35 Sunk
3 March 1917 River Forth  United Kingdom 4,421 Sunk
4 April 1917 City of Paris  United Kingdom 9,191 Sunk
9 May 1917 Dio Ti Guardi  Kingdom of Italy 11 Sunk
9 May 1917 L’Oriente  Kingdom of Italy 11 Sunk
9 May 1917 Peppino Aiello  Kingdom of Italy 113 Sunk
9 May 1917 San Pietro  Kingdom of Italy 11 Sunk
10 May 1917 Leone XIII  Kingdom of Italy 78 Sunk
11 May 1917 Limassol  United Kingdom 100 Sunk
11 May 1917 Luisa Madre  Kingdom of Italy 87 Sunk
11 May 1917 Maddalena Madre  Kingdom of Italy 87 Sunk
11 May 1917 Rosalia Madre  Kingdom of Italy 95 Sunk
11 May 1917 San Antonio  Kingdom of Italy 40 Sunk
16 May 1917 Hilonian  United States 2,921 Sunk
23 May 1917 Pipitsa  Greece 224 Sunk
24 May 1917 McClure  United Kingdom 220 Sunk
25 May 1917 Nicolino  Kingdom of Italy 120 Sunk
26 May 1917 Risorgimento  Kingdom of Italy 222 Sunk
3 June 1917 Dockleaf  United Kingdom 5,311 Damaged
10 June 1917 Annam  France 6,075 Sunk
25 June 1917 Anatolia  United Kingdom 3,847 Sunk
9 August 1917 Alfonso  Kingdom of Italy 15 Sunk
9 August 1917 S. Gerlano  Kingdom of Italy 11 Sunk
14 August 1917 Umberto I  Kingdom of Italy 2,766 Sunk
17 August 1917 Lorenzina Aiello  Kingdom of Italy 120 Sunk
17 August 1917 San Rossore  Kingdom of Italy 5,601 Damaged
26 August 1917 Maria Del Carmine  Kingdom of Italy 108 Sunk
3 October 1917 Elisa  Kingdom of Italy 178 Sunk
3 October 1917 Giuseppe Ferrante  Kingdom of Italy 51 Sunk
11 October 1917 Cayo Bonito  United Kingdom 3,427 Sunk
11 October 1917 Italia  Kingdom of Italy 3,456 Sunk
11 October 1917 Lovli  Kingdom of Italy 7,212 Sunk
13 October 1917 Tripoli  Kingdom of Italy 1,743 Damaged
12 November 1917 Anteo  Kingdom of Italy 2,774 Sunk
22 November 1917 Kohistan  United Kingdom 4,732 Sunk
23 November 1917 Luigina  Kingdom of Italy 308 Sunk
26 November 1917 Pontida  Kingdom of Italy 5,834 Sunk
27 November 1917 Thornhill  United Kingdom 3,848 Damaged
28 November 1917 Albert Watts  United States 3,302 Sunk
4 December 1917 Alberto Verderame  Kingdom of Italy 195 Sunk
31 March 1918 Immacolata  Kingdom of Italy 35 Sunk
4 April 1918 Liberia  France 1,942 Sunk
5 April 1918 Camelia  Kingdom of Italy 396 Sunk
3 May 1918 Il Francesco  Kingdom of Italy 116 Sunk
5 May 1918 Carrione  Kingdom of Italy 65 Sunk
5 May 1918 Il Secondo  Kingdom of Italy 203 Damaged
9 May 1918 Deipara  Kingdom of Italy 2,282 Sunk
12 May 1918 Pax  France 798 Sunk
12 May 1918 Togo  Kingdom of Italy 1,484 Sunk
15 May 1918 Villa De Soller  Spain 450 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-35". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 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 von Voigt". Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hans Paul Korsch". Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "SM UC-35 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.