SM UC-62
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-62.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-62 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
| Yard number: | 260[1] |
| Laid down: | 3 April 1916[1] |
| Launched: | 9 December 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 8 January 1917[1] |
| Fate: | sunk by mine, 14 October 1917[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: | 422 t (465 short tons), surfaced[2] 504 t (556 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 170 ft 1 in (51.84 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] 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 8,000 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (15,000 km at 13 km/h) 59 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (109 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: |
Flandern Flotilla 26 Mar 1917 - 14 Oct 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Max Schmitz[4] 8 Jan 1917 - 14 Oct 1917 |
| Operations: | 9 patrol |
| Victories: |
11 merchant ships sunk (16,735 GRT) 2 merchant ships damaged (2,935 GRT) 1 warship damaged (122 tons) |
SM UC-62 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, laid down on 3 April 1916, and was launched on 9 December 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 8 January 1917 as SM UC-62.[Note 1] In 9 patrols UC-62 was credited with sinking 12 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-62 was mined and sunk off Zeebrugge on 14 October 1917.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 1917 | HMS Result |  Royal Navy |
122 | Damaged |
| 2 May 1917 | Noordzee |  Netherlands |
136 | Sunk |
| 4 May 1917 | Neptunus | Netherlands |
160 | Sunk |
| 24 May 1917 | Chicago City |  United Kingdom |
2,324 | Damaged |
| 30 May 1917 | Lisbon | United Kingdom |
1,203 | Sunk |
| 24 June 1917 | HMT Taipo | Royal Navy |
247 | Sunk |
| 26 June 1917 | A. B. Sherman |  United States |
611 | Damaged |
| 28 June 1917 | Neotsfield | United Kingdom |
1,875 | Sunk |
| 28 June 1917 | Don Arturo | United Kingdom |
3,680 | Sunk |
| 25 July 1917 | Vaarbud |  Norway |
362 | Sunk |
| 27 July 1917 | Carmela | United States |
1,379 | Sunk |
| 28 July 1917 | Glenstrae | United Kingdom |
4,718 | Sunk |
| 26 August 1917 | Chacma | Norway |
608 | Sunk |
| 15 October 1917 | Hartburn | United Kingdom |
2,367 | Sunk |
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 1.6 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-62". 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.
- ↑ "Max Schmitz". Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-62 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 3 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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