WWI U-boat Types

Type UC II

UC coastal minelayers class

Construction history of type UC II

U-boats	#	Shipyard	Werk #	Built during
UC 16 - UC 24	9	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	266- 274	1915 - 1916
UC 25 - UC 33	9	Vulcan, Hamburg	64- 72	1915 - 1917
UC 34 - UC 39	6	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	275- 280	1915 - 1916
UC 40 - UC 45	6	Vulcan, Hamburg	73- 78	1915 - 1916
UC 46 - UC 48	3	A.G. Weser, Bremen	256- 258	1915 - 1916
UC 49 - UC 54	6	Germaniawerft, Kiel	265- 270	1916 - 1917
UC 55 - UC 60	6	Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig	37- 42	1916 - 1917
UC 61 - UC 64	4	A.G. Weser, Bremen	259- 262	1916 - 1917
UC 65 - UC 73	9	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	281- 289	1916
UC 74 - UC 79	6	Vulcan, Hamburg	79- 84	1916 - 1917

These boats could carry 18 type UC200 mines. Some boats were upgraded in 1918 to have one 105mm gun (120 rounds).

All U-boats of type UC II

Below are the 64 commissioned U-boats of this type.

UC 16, UC 17, UC 18, UC 19, UC 20, UC 21, UC 22,
UC 23, UC 24, UC 25, UC 26, UC 27, UC 28, UC 29, UC 30,
UC 31, UC 32, UC 33, UC 34, UC 35, UC 36, UC 37, UC 38,
UC 39, UC 40, UC 41, UC 42, UC 43, UC 44, UC 45, UC 46,
UC 47, UC 48, UC 49, UC 50, UC 51, UC 52, UC 53, UC 54,
UC 55, UC 56, UC 57, UC 58, UC 59, UC 60, UC 61, UC 62,
UC 63, UC 64, UC 65, UC 66, UC 67, UC 68, UC 69, UC 70,
UC 71, UC 72, UC 73, UC 74, UC 75, UC 76, UC 77, UC 78 and
UC 79

Technical information for type UC II

Displacement: (tons)	417 (sf) 493 (sm) 545 (total)
Length: (m)	49,35 oa 39,30 ph
Beam: (m)	5,22 oa 3,65 ph
Draught: (draft)	3,68 m
Height:	7,46 m
Power: (hp)	500 (sf) 460 (sm)

Speed: (knots)	11,6 (sf) 7,0 (sm)
Range: (miles / knots)	9430/7 (sf) 55/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:	7 2/1 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:	18
Deck gun:	88mm 133 rounds
Crew:	26 men
Max depth:	ca. 50 m (164 feet)

sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.