SM UC-77
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-77.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-77 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 82[1] |
| Launched: | 2 December 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 29 December 1916[1] |
| Fate: | sunk by mine, 14 July 1918[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: | 8,660 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (16,040 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 5 Mar 1917 - 4 Jul 1917 Flandern Flotilla 4 Jul 1917 - 14 Jul 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Reinhard von Rabenau[4] 29 Dec 1916 - 29 Jan 1918 Oblt Johannes Ries[5] 30 Jan 1918 – 14 Jul 1918 |
| Operations: | 13 patrols |
| Victories: |
34 merchant ships sunk (50,743 GRT) 7 merchant ships damaged (23,734 GRT) |
SM UC-77 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 2 December 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 29 December 1916 as SM UC-77.[Note 1] In 13 patrols UC-77 was credited with sinking 34 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-77 was mined and sunk off Flanders on 14 July 1918.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 1917 | Grenmar |  Norway |
1,438 | Sunk |
| 25 March 1917 | Prince of Wales |  United Kingdom |
158 | Sunk |
| 27 March 1917 | Galatia | United Kingdom |
150 | Sunk |
| 27 March 1917 | Nova | Norway |
1,034 | Sunk |
| 27 March 1917 | Sandvik | Norway |
591 | Sunk |
| 28 March 1917 | Moulmein | United Kingdom |
151 | Sunk |
| 28 March 1917 | Tizona | Norway |
1,021 | Sunk |
| 30 March 1917 | Petrel | United Kingdom |
151 | Sunk |
| 3 May 1917 | Glen Tanar | United Kingdom |
817 | Sunk |
| 4 May 1917 | Herrington | United Kingdom |
1,258 | Sunk |
| 4 May 1917 | Vale | Norway |
720 | Sunk |
| 4 May 1917 | Wolseley | United Kingdom |
159 | Damaged |
| 5 May 1917 | Odense |  Denmark |
1,756 | Sunk |
| 6 May 1917 | Kaparika | Norway |
1,232 | Sunk |
| 3 June 1917 | Virgilia | United Kingdom |
209 | Sunk |
| 6 June 1917 | Anton |  Sweden |
1,568 | Sunk |
| 6 June 1917 | Harald Klitgaard | Denmark |
1,799 | Sunk |
| 11 July 1917 | Vordingborg | Denmark |
2,155 | Sunk |
| 13 July 1917 | Ascain |  France |
1,686 | Sunk |
| 8 August 1917 | Berlengas |  Portugal |
3,548 | Sunk |
| 11 August 1917 | Sonnie | United Kingdom |
2,642 | Sunk |
| 7 September 1917 | Scottish Prince | United Kingdom |
2,897 | Damaged |
| 10 September 1917 | Ioanna | United Kingdom |
3,459 | Damaged |
| 15 October 1917 | Leander | United Kingdom |
2,793 | Damaged |
| 19 October 1917 | Eldra | United Kingdom |
227 | Sunk |
| 17 November 1917 | Adolph Andersen | Denmark |
981 | Sunk |
| 18 November 1917 | Antwerpen | United Kingdom |
1,637 | Sunk |
| 18 November 1917 | Gisella | United Kingdom |
2,502 | Sunk |
| 19 November 1917 | Amiral Zede | France |
5,980 | Sunk |
| 19 November 1917 | Clangula | United Kingdom |
1,754 | Sunk |
| 19 November 1917 | Robert Brown | United Kingdom |
119 | Sunk |
| 30 November 1917 | Remoqueur N° 8 | France |
250 | Sunk |
| 7 March 1918 | Cliffside | United Kingdom |
4,969 | Damaged |
| 10 March 1918 | Skrymer | Norway |
1,476 | Sunk |
| 18 March 1918 | Baygitano | United Kingdom |
3,073 | Sunk |
| 15 April 1918 | City of Winchester | United Kingdom |
7,981 | Damaged |
| 15 April 1918 | Pomeranian | United Kingdom |
4,241 | Sunk |
| 6 June 1918 | Huntsland |  United Kingdom |
2,871 | Sunk |
| 9 June 1918 | Moidart | United Kingdom |
1,303 | Sunk |
| 10 June 1918 | Saint Barthelemy | France |
1,476 | Damaged |
| 14 June 1918 | HMT Princess Olga |  Royal Navy |
245 | 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-77". 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.
- ↑ "Reinhard von Rabenau (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "Johannes Ries". Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-77 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 4 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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