SM UC-36

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-36.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-36
Ordered: 20 November 1915[1]
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 277[1]
Launched: 5 June 1916[1]
Commissioned: 10 October 1916[1]
Fate: rammed and sunk by French ship, 21 May 1917[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: Flandern Flotilla
3 Feb 1917 - 21 May 1917
Commanders: Kptlt Gustav Buch[4]
3 Nov 1916 - 21 May 1917
Operations: 5 patrols
Victories: 22 merchant ships sunk (36,707 GRT)
2 warships sunk (660 tons)

SM UC-36 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 5 June 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 10 October 1916 as SM UC-36.[Note 1] In 5 patrols UC-36 was credited with sinking 24 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-36 was rammed and sunk by the French steamer Molière off Ushant on 21 May 1917.[1]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[5]
12 February 1917 West  Norway 378 Sunk
17 March 1917 Russia  Denmark 1,617 Sunk
19 March 1917 Kong Inge  Norway 867 Sunk
19 March 1917 Brode  Norway 2,363 Sunk
22 March 1917 Hugin  Norway 1,395 Sunk
24 March 1917 L’amerique  French Navy 489 Sunk
25 March 1917 Baynaen  United Kingdom 3,227 Sunk
25 March 1917 Etoile Polaire  France 33 Sunk
25 March 1917 Leontine  France 201 Sunk
23 April 1917 Savio  Kingdom of Italy 1,922 Sunk
24 April 1917 Kenilworth  United Kingdom 2,735 Sunk
24 April 1917 La Providence  France 272 Sunk
25 April 1917 Hirondelle  United Kingdom 1,648 Sunk
27 April 1917 Verjø  Norway 1,002 Sunk
28 April 1917 Condor  Russian Empire 3,565 Sunk
18 May 1917 Camberwell  United Kingdom 4,078 Sunk
18 May 1917 Elford  United Kingdom 1,739 Sunk
18 May 1917 HMT Lucknow  Royal Navy 171 Sunk
20 May 1917 Dana  United Kingdom 182 Sunk
20 May 1917 Mientje  United Kingdom 120 Sunk
20 May 1917 Tijuca  Brazil 2,304 Sunk
21 May 1917 Ferdinand A.  France 2,062 Sunk
30 May 1917 Corbet Woodall  United Kingdom 917 Sunk
14 June 1917 Nirefs  Greece 4,080 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-36". 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. ↑ "Gustav Buch". Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "SM UC-36 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.