SM UC-45

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-45.
Career (German Empire)
Class and type: German Type UC II submarine
Name: UC-45
Ordered: 20 November 1915[1]
Builder: AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 78[1]
Launched: 20 October 1916[1]
Commissioned: 18 November 1916[1]
Fate: surrendered, November 1918; broken up, 1919–20[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: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:11.7 knots (21.7 km/h), surfaced[2]
6.7 knots (12.4 km/h), submerged
Endurance:9,410 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3]
(17,430 km at 13 km/h)
60 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3]
(110 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
10 Feb 1917 - 17 Sep 1917
Commanders: Kptlt Hubert Aust[4]
18 Nov 1916 - 27 Jul 1917
Oblt Hans Soergel[5]
28 Jul 1917 - 31 Aug 1917
Oblt Werner Ackermann[6]
1 Sep 1917 - 17 Sep 1917
Operations: 5 patrols
Victories: 12 merchant ships sunk (16,854 GRT)

SM UC-45 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 20 October 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 November 1916 as SM UC-45.[Note 1] In 5 patrols UC-45 was credited with sinking 12 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-45 sank in a diving accident on 17 September 1917 in the North Sea. The German salvage vessel Vulkan raised the wreck and UC-45 re-entered service on 24 October 1918. She was surrendered on 24 November 1918 and broken up at Preston in 1919–20.[1]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[7]
19 March 1917 Pollux  Norway 1,196 Sunk
22 March 1917 Egenaes  Norway 399 Sunk
22 March 1917 Susanna  Norway 442 Sunk
23 March 1917 Blomwaag  Norway 695 Sunk
17 April 1917 Bretagne  Denmark 1,110 Sunk
17 April 1917 Charles Goodanew  United Kingdom 791 Sunk
18 April 1917 Louisiana  Denmark 3,015 Sunk
26 May 1917 Saint Hubert  France 423 Sunk
28 May 1917 Teie  Norway 1,974 Sunk
4 June 1917 Phemius  United Kingdom 6,699 Sunk
7 June 1917 Golden Hope  United Kingdom 67 Sunk
13 July 1917 Afram  Denmark 43 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-45". 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. ↑ "Hubert Aust". Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hans Soergel". Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Werner Ackermann". Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "SM UC-45 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 23 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.


Coordinates: 54°9′N 7°35′E / 54.150°N 7.583°E