SM UC-66

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-66.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-66
Ordered: 12 January 1916[1]
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 282[1]
Launched: 15 July 1916[1]
Commissioned: 14 November 1916[1]
Fate: probably sunk by depth charge attack, 12 June 1917[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:German Type UC II submarine
Displacement:427 t (471 short tons), surfaced[2]
508 t (560 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:12.0 knots (22.2 km/h), surfaced[2]
7.4 knots (13.7 km/h), submerged
Endurance:10,420 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3]
(19,300 km at 13 km/h)
52 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3]
(96 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 - 12 Jun 1917
Commanders: Oblt Herbert Pustkuchen[4]
18 Nov 1916 - 12 Jun 1917
Operations: 5 patrols
Victories: 31 merchant ships sunk (43,760 GRT)
6 merchant ships damaged (27,410 GRT)
2 warships sunk (2,500 tons)

SM UC-66 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 15 July 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 14 November 1916 as SM UC-66.[Note 1] In 5 patrols UC-66 was credited with sinking 33 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-66 was probably sunk by depth charges from the armed trawler Sea King on 12 June 1917 in the western approaches to the English Channel.[1]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[5]
11 February 1917 Ada  United Kingdom 187 Sunk
11 February 1917 Vasilissa Olga  Greece 1,400 Sunk
11 February 1917 Woodfield  United Kingdom 4,300 Damaged
12 February 1917 Afric  United Kingdom 11,999 Sunk
12 February 1917 Lucent  United Kingdom 1,409 Sunk
15 February 1917 Alma Jeanne  France 33 Sunk
15 February 1917 Argos  France 26 Sunk
15 February 1917 Desire Louise  France 31 Sunk
17 February 1917 Driebergen  Netherlands 1,884 Sunk
17 February 1917 Ootmarsum  Netherlands 2,313 Sunk
17 February 1917 Trompenberg  Netherlands 1,608 Sunk
21 February 1917 Energy  United Kingdom 25 Sunk
21 February 1917 K.L.M.  United Kingdom 28 Sunk
21 February 1917 Monarch  United Kingdom 35 Sunk
22 February 1917 Ambon  Netherlands 3,598 Damaged
11 March 1917 HMS Bayard  Royal Navy 220 Damaged
12 March 1917 Einar Jarl  Norway 1,849 Sunk
12 March 1917 Forget-Me-Not  United Kingdom 40 Sunk
12 March 1917 Glynymel  United Kingdom 1,394 Sunk
12 March 1917 Memnon  United Kingdom 3,203 Sunk
12 March 1917 Reindeer  United Kingdom 52 Sunk
13 March 1917 Try  United Kingdom 34 Sunk
17 March 1917 City of Memphis  United States 5,252 Sunk
17 March 1917 HMS Mignonette  Royal Navy 1,250 Sunk
18 March 1917 HMS Alyssum  Royal Navy 1,250 Sunk
19 March 1917 Armoricain  France 261 Sunk
20 March 1917 HMHS Asturias  Royal Navy 12,002 Damaged
20 March 1917 Hazelpark  United Kingdom 1,964 Sunk
21 March 1917 Avance  United Kingdom 57 Sunk
22 March 1917 Efeu  Norway 569 Sunk
17 April 1917 Clan Sutherland  United Kingdom 2,820 Damaged
22 April 1917 Arethusa  United Kingdom 1,279 Sunk
23 April 1917 HMT Rose II  Royal Navy 213 Sunk
27 April 1917 Quantock  United Kingdom 4,470 Damaged
1 May 1917 Bagdale  United Kingdom 3,045 Sunk
1 May 1917 John W. Pearn  United Kingdom 76 Sunk
1 May 1917 La Manche  France 335 Sunk
25 May 1917 Sjaelland  United Kingdom 1,405 Sunk
3 June 1917 Portofino  Kingdom of Italy 1,754 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-66". 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. ↑ "Herbert Pustkuchen (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "SM UC-66 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 3 March 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: 50°31′N 0°27′E / 50.517°N 0.450°E