SM UC-76

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-76.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UC-76
Ordered: 12 January 1916[1]
Builder: AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2]
Yard number: 81[1]
Launched: 25 November 1916[1]
Commissioned: 17 December 1916[1]
Fate: surrendered, December 1918; broken up, 1919–20[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: I Flotilla
13 Feb 1917 - 10 May 1917
Training Flotilla
11 Jul 1917 - 11 Nov 1918
Commanders: Oblt Wilhelm Barten[4]
17 Dec 1916 - 10 May 1917
Oblt Wilhelm Ziegner[5]
11 Jul 1918 - Oct 1918
Oblt Karl Palmgren[6]
Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918
Operations: 10 patrols
Victories: 15 merchant ships sunk (6,731 GRT)
1 merchant ship damaged (10,422 GRT)

SM UC-76 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 25 November 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 17 December 1916 as SM UC-76.[Note 1] In 2 patrols UC-76 was credited with sinking 15 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-76 was surrendered on 1 December 1918 and broken up at Brighton Ferry in 1919–20.[1]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[7]
7 March 1917 Naamah  United Kingdom 269 Sunk
7 March 1917 Vulcana  United Kingdom 219 Sunk
9 March 1917 Dana  Norway 753 Sunk
12 March 1917 HMS E49  Royal Navy 725 Sunk
12 April 1917 Caliban  United Kingdom 215 Sunk
12 April 1917 Chinkiang  United Kingdom 125 Sunk
12 April 1917 Crown Prince  United Kingdom 103 Sunk
12 April 1917 Equerry  United Kingdom 168 Sunk
12 April 1917 Fife Ness  United Kingdom 123 Sunk
12 April 1917 Largo Bay  United Kingdom 125 Sunk
12 April 1917 Lillian  United Kingdom 120 Sunk
12 April 1917 Osprey  United Kingdom 106 Sunk
13 April 1917 HMT Pitstruan  Royal Navy 206 Sunk
17 April 1917 Robert  Denmark 1,445 Sunk
17 April 1917 Winifredian  United Kingdom 10,422 Damaged
18 April 1917 Bergensgut  Norway 2,029 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-76". 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. ↑ "Wilhelm Barten". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Wilhelm Ziegner". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Karl Palmgren". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "SM UC-76 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 4 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.