WWI U-boat Types


Type UC I

UC coastal minelayers class


Construction history of type UC I

U-boats# ShipyardWerk #Built during
UC 1 - UC 1010Vulcan, Hamburg45- 541914 - 1916
UC 11 - UC 133A.G. Weser, Bremen225- 2271914 - 1915
UC 14 - UC 152A.G. Weser, Bremen229- 2301914 - 1915

These boats had no deck gun, only a machine gun (150 rounds) and had no torpedo tubes.


Type UC 1 U-boat UC 7 in port.

All U-boats of type UC I

Below are the 15 commissioned U-boats of this type.

UC 1, UC 2, UC 3, UC 4, UC 5, UC 6, UC 7,
UC 8, UC 9, UC 10, UC 11, UC 12, UC 13, UC 14 and UC 15

Technical information for type UC I

Displacement:
(tons)
168 (sf)
183 (sm)
225 (total)
Length: (m)33,99 oa
29,62 ph
Beam: (m)3,15 oa
3,15 ph
Draught: (draft)3,04 m
Height:6,30 m
Power: (hp)90 (sf)
175 (sm)
Speed:
(knots)
6,20 (sf)
5,22 (sm)
Range:
(miles / knots)
750/5 (sf)
50/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:
(bow / stern tubes)
Mines:12
Deck gun:No deck gun
Crew:14 men
Max depth:ca. 50 m
(164 feet)
sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.