SM UC-74
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-74.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-74 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 79[1] |
| Launched: | 19 October 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 26 November 1916[1] |
| Fate: | interned at Barcelona, 21 November 1918; surrendered to France, March 1919; broken up in Toulon, July 1921[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: | 410 t (450 short tons), surfaced[2] 493 t (543 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 165 ft 6 in (50.44 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] 7.3 knots (13.5 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: | 30-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Kaiserliche Marine Pola Flotilla 17 Mar 1917 – 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Wilhelm Marschall[4] 26 Nov 1916 – 6 Dec 1917 Oblt Hans Adalbert von der Lühe[5] 15 Feb 1918 – 6 Aug 1918 Oblt Hans Schüler[6] 7 Aug 1918 – 21 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 10 patrols |
| Victories: |
37 merchant ships sunk 92,722 gross register tons (GRT) 4 ships damaged 13,108 GRT |
SM UC-74 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 19 October 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 26 November 1916 as SM UC-74.[Note 1] In 10 patrols UC-74 was credited with sinking 37 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-74 was interned at Barcelona on 21 November 1918 when she ran out of fuel. The U-boat was surrendered to France on 26 March 1919 and was broken up at Toulon in July 1921.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March 1917 | Durban |  Norway |
765 | Damaged |
| 8 March 1917 | Ares |  Netherlands |
3,783 | Sunk |
| 10 March 1917 | James Burton Cook |  United Kingdom |
133 | Sunk |
| 15 April 1917 | Arcadian | United Kingdom |
8,939 | Sunk |
| 28 April 1917 | Pontiac | United Kingdom |
3,345 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1917 | Alessandria | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
8,006 | Sunk |
| 29 May 1917 | Aghia Tom Aghion | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
30 | Sunk |
| 29 May 1917 | Kirikos | Greece |
84 | Sunk |
| 29 May 1917 | Yarra |  France |
4,163 | Sunk |
| 10 June 1917 | Stylianos | .svg.png){kind=small} Egypt |
389 | Sunk |
| 11 June 1917 | Benha | United Kingdom |
1,878 | Sunk |
| 19 August 1917 | Aghios Georgios | Greece |
161 | Sunk |
| 24 August 1917 | Parana | France |
6,248 | Sunk |
| 30 August 1917 | Athinai | Greece |
988 | Sunk |
| 31 August 1917 | Eleni | Greece |
679 | Sunk |
| 1 September 1917 | Amiral Olry | France |
5,567 | Sunk |
| 3 September 1917 | Agios Andreas | Greece |
68 | Sunk |
| 6 September 1917 | Ville De Strasbourg | France |
2,167 | Sunk |
| 6 September 1917 | Aghios Georgios | Greece |
897 | Sunk |
| 30 September 1917 | Charlsin | United Kingdom |
241 | Sunk |
| 6 October 1917 | Civilian | United Kingdom |
7,871 | Sunk |
| 11 October 1917 | Panormitis | France |
59 | Sunk |
| 14 October 1917 | Semantha | United Kingdom |
2,847 | Sunk |
| 15 October 1917 | White Head | United Kingdom |
1,172 | Sunk |
| 14 November 1917 | Prophet | United Kingdom |
3,230 | Sunk |
| 25 November 1917 | Ovid | United Kingdom |
4,159 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1917 | Jane Radcliffe | United Kingdom |
4,074 | Sunk |
| 4 March 1918 | Clan Graham | United Kingdom |
5,213 | Damaged |
| 5 March 1918 | Roxburgh | United Kingdom |
4,630 | Sunk |
| 10 March 1918 | Chagres | United Kingdom |
5,288 | Sunk |
| 30 April 1918 | Kalliope | United Kingdom |
114 | Sunk |
| 1 May 1918 | Nikolaos | Greece |
50 | Sunk |
| 5 May 1918 | Sayeda | Egypt |
18 | Sunk |
| 13 May 1918 | Loch Naver | United Kingdom |
216 | Sunk |
| 11 July 1918 | Roberto |  Spain |
910 | Sunk |
| 26 July 1918 | Monastir | France |
1,915 | Damaged |
| 23 October 1918 | Aghios Gerasimos | Greece |
85 | Sunk |
| 2 November 1918 | Murcia | United Kingdom |
4,871 | Sunk |
| 2 November 1918 | Surada | United Kingdom |
5,324 | Sunk |
| 4 November 1918 | War Roach | United Kingdom |
5,215 | Damaged |
| 5 November 1918 | Stavnos | Kingdom of Italy |
38 | 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 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-74". 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.
- ↑ "Wilhelm Marschall (Pour le Mérite)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "Hans Adalbert von der Lühe". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "Hans Schüler". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-74 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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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