SM UC-52
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-52.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-52 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel[2] |
| Yard number: | 268[1] |
| Launched: | 23 January 1917[1] |
| Commissioned: | 15 March 1917[1] |
| Fate: | surrendered, January 1919; broken up[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: | 434 t (478 short tons), surfaced[2] 511 t (563 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 172 ft 11 in (52.71 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: | 11.8 knots (21.9 km/h), surfaced[2] 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 9,450 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (17,500 km at 13 km/h) 56 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (104 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: | 30-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Pola Flotilla 8 Jul 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Ludwig Karl Sahl[4] 15 Mar 1917 - 27 Sep 1917 Oblt Hellmuth von Doemming[5] 28 Sep 1917 - 17 Jul 1918 Oblt Carl Heinrich Saß[6] 18 Jul 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 7 patrols |
| Victories: |
20 merchant ships sunk (17,217 GRT) 4 merchant ships damaged (13,580 GRT) 1 warship sunk (1,013 tons) |
SM UC-52 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 12 January 1916 and was launched on 23 January 1917. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 15 March 1917 as SM UC-52.[Note 1] In 7 patrols UC-52 was credited with sinking 21 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. She notably sank the Italian troopship Verona, killing 880 soldiers. UC-52 was surrendered on 16 January 1919 and broken up at Morecambe.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1917 | Arlequin |  Tunisia |
6 | Sunk |
| 13 September 1917 | Chere Rose | Tunisia |
28 | Sunk |
| 13 September 1917 | Ortigia | Tunisia |
17 | Sunk |
| 13 September 1917 | Vittoria | Tunisia |
24 | Sunk |
| 18 September 1917 | Cachalot | Tunisia |
17 | Sunk |
| 31 March 1918 | San Nicola |  United Kingdom |
24 | Sunk |
| 6 April 1918 | Madona Belle Grazie | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
105 | Sunk |
| 9 April 1918 | Sunik | United Kingdom |
5,017 | Damaged |
| 10 April 1918 | Airedale | United Kingdom |
3,044 | Damaged |
| 11 May 1918 | Gigilla | Kingdom of Italy |
120 | Sunk |
| 11 May 1918 | Verona | Kingdom of Italy |
8,261 | Sunk |
| 14 May 1918 | Woolston | United Kingdom |
2,986 | Sunk |
| 17 May 1918 | Pietro Brizzolari | Kingdom of Italy |
445 | Sunk |
| 18 May 1918 | HMS Chesterfield |  Royal Navy |
1,013 | Sunk |
| 18 May 1918 | Ninetta | Kingdom of Italy |
17 | Sunk |
| 22 June 1918 | Metamorphosis | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
130 | Sunk |
| 24 June 1918 | Maria | Greece |
25 | Sunk |
| 24 June 1918 | Sofia | Greece |
24 | Sunk |
| 4 July 1918 | Cordova | Kingdom of Italy |
4,933 | Sunk |
| 7 July 1918 | Vergine Di Lourdes | Kingdom of Italy |
55 | Sunk |
| 7 July 1918 | Stalheim |  Norway |
1,469 | Damaged |
| 23 October 1918 | Ischia | Kingdom of Italy |
4,050 | Damaged |
Notes
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-52". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant, p. 173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182.
- ↑ "Ludwig Karl Sahl". Uboat.net. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Hellmuth von Doemming". Uboat.net. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Carl Heinrich Saß". Uboat.net. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-52 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
Bibliography
- Bendert, Harald (2001). Die UC-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine 1914-1918. Minenkrieg mit U-Booten (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0758-7.
- 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.
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