SM UC-11

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War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg German Empire
NameUC-11
Ordered23 November 1914 [1]
Builder AG Weser, Bremen [2]
Yard number225 [1]
Laid down26 January 1915 [1]
Launched11 April 1915 [1]
Commissioned23 April 1915 [1]
FateSunk by mine, 26 June 1918 [1]
General characteristics [3]
Class and type German Type UC I submarine
Displacement
  • 168 t (165 long tons), surfaced
  • 182 t (179 long tons), submerged
Length
Beam3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Draft3.06 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 6.49 knots (12.02 km/h; 7.47 mph), surfaced
  • 5.67 knots (10.50 km/h; 6.52 mph), submerged
Range
  • 910  nmi (1,690 km; 1,050 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced
  • 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement14
Armament
  • 6 × 100 cm (39 in) mine tubes
  • 12 × UC 120 mines
  • 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun
Service record [1]
Part of:
  • Flandern Flotilla
  • 26 May – 17 October 1915
  • Training Flotilla
  • 17 October 1915 – 11 August 1916
  • Flandern / Flandern I Flotilla
  • 11 August 1916 – 26 June 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Walter Gottfried Schmidt [4]
  • 23 April 1915 – 11 August 1916
  • Oblt.z.S. Reinhold Saltzwedel [5]
  • 12 – 20 August 1916
  • Oblt.z.S. Max Schmitz [6]
  • 21 August – 1 December 1916
  • Oblt.z.S. Benno von Ditfurth [7]
  • 2 December 1916 – 29 June 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Georg Niemeyer [8]
  • 30 June – 19 July 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Benno von Ditfurth [7]
  • 20 July – 5 August 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Karl Dobberstein [9]
  • 6 August – 16 November 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Ferdinand Schwartz [10]
  • 17 November 1917 – 10 February 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Reinhold Thomsen [11]
  • 11 February – 4 April 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Werner Lange [12]
  • 5 April – 16 June 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Kurt Utke [13]
  • 17 – 26 June 1918
Operations: 83 patrols
Victories:
  • 17 merchant ships sunk
    (31,560  GRT)
  • 2 warships sunk
    (510 tons)
  • 8 auxiliary warships sunk
    (1,638  GRT)
  • 2 warships damaged
    (5,084 tons)
  • 1 auxiliary warship damaged
    (378  GRT)

SM UC-11 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German : Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 23 November 1914, laid down on 26 January 1915, and was launched on 11 April 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 23 April 1915 as SM UC-11. [Note 1] Mines laid by UC-11 in her 83 patrols were credited with sinking 27 ships. UC-11 was mined and sunk on 26 June 1918. [1] A crew member was Rudolf Finkler from Oberlinxweiler, Kreis St. Wendel, Germany. According to his death record the boat went down in the North Sea near Harwich, abt. 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) north east of Funk Feuerschiff on position 51°55′N1°41′E / 51.917°N 1.683°E / 51.917; 1.683 .

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Design

A German Type UC I submarine, UC-11 had a displacement of 168 tonnes (165 long tons) when at the surface and 182 tonnes (179 long tons) while submerged. She had a length overall of 33.99 m (111 ft 6 in), a beam of 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.06 m (10 ft). The submarine was powered by one Benz six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine producing 80 metric horsepower (59 kW; 79 shp), an electric motor producing 175 metric horsepower (129 kW; 173 shp), and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft). [3]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph). When submerged, she could operate for 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 910 nautical miles (1,690 km; 1,050 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph). UC-11 was fitted with six 100 centimetres (39 in) mine tubes, twelve UC 120 mines, and one 8 millimetres (0.31 in) machine gun. She was built by AG Weser Bremen and her complement was fourteen crew members. [3]

Summary of raiding history

DateNameNationalityTonnage [Note 2] Fate [14]
1 June 1915 HMS Mohawk Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 865Damaged
9 June 1915 Erna Boldt Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,731Sunk
9 June 1915 Lady Salisbury Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,446Sunk
10 June 1915 HMS TB 10 Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 255Sunk
10 June 1915 HMS TB 12 Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 255Sunk
15 June 1915 Argyll Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 280Sunk
20 October 1916 Huguenot Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,032Sunk
24 October 1916 Framfield Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2,510Sunk
26 October 1916 HMT Lord Roberts Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 293Sunk
21 November 1916 Helena Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1,798Sunk
29 November 1916 HMT Lord Airedale Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 215Sunk
9 December 1916 Forth Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,159Sunk
9 December 1916 Harlington Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,089Sunk
9 December 1916 Harlyn Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,794Sunk
17 December 1916 Michail Ontchoukoff Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2,118Sunk
29 December 1916 Zoroaster Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,803Sunk
8 January 1917 HMD Cape Colony Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 82Sunk
2 February 1917 HMT Holdene Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 274Sunk
12 February 1917 Foreland Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,960Sunk
14 February 1917 Marie Leonhardt Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,466Sunk
26 April 1917 HMS Mercury Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 378Damaged
27 April 1917 HMT Agile Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 246Sunk
24 September 1917 HMD Hastfen Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 77Sunk
25 October 1917 Wearside Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,560Sunk
27 October 1917 HMT Strymon Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 198Sunk
24 November 1917 French Rose Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 465Sunk
25 November 1917 Ostpreussen Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,779Sunk
27 November 1917 Groeswen Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,570Sunk
16 January 1918 HMT John E. Lewis Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 253Sunk
13 June 1918 HMS Conquest Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 4,219Damaged

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References

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.
  2. ↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC 11". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  2. ↑ Tarrant, p. 173.
  3. 1 2 3 Gröner 1991, pp. 30–31.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Walter Gottfried Schmidt". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Reinhold Saltzwedel (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Max Schmitz". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Benno von Ditfurth". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Georg Niemeyer". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Karl Dobberstein". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Ferdinand Schwartz". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Reinhold Thomsen". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Werner Lange". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Kurt Utke". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UC 11". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

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