SM UC-17

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-17.
History
German Empire
NameUC-17
Ordered29 August 1915[1]
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number267[1]
Launched29 February 1916[1]
Commissioned21 July 1916[1]
FateSurrendered, 26 November 1918; broken up, 1919–20[1]
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeType UC II submarine
Displacement
  • 417 t (410 long tons), surfaced
  • 493 t (485 long tons), submerged
Length
Beam
  • 5.22 m (17 ft 2 in) o/a
  • 3.65 m (12 ft) pressure hull
Draught3.68 m (12 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph), surfaced
  • 7.0 knots (13.0 km/h; 8.1 mph), submerged
Range
  • 9,430 nautical miles (17,460 km; 10,850 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph), surfaced
  • 55 nautical miles (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement26
Armament
Notes35-second diving time
Service record[1]
Part of:
  • Flandern Flotilla
  • 2 October 1916 – 19 October 1918
  • I Flotilla
  • 19 October – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Ralph Wenninger[4]
  • 23 July 1916 – 21 May 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Werner Fürbinger[5]
  • 22 May – 3 August 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Ulrich Pilzecker[6]
  • 4 August 1917 – 15 January 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Erich Stephan[7]
  • 16 January – 4 May 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Freiherr Nikolaus von Lyncker[8]
  • 5 May – 11 November 1918
Operations: 21 patrols
Victories:
  • 89 merchant ships sunk
    (142,849 GRT)
  • 7 auxiliary warships sunk
    (1,574 GRT)
  • 8 merchant ships damaged
    (27,540 GRT)
  • 1 auxiliary warships damaged
    (315 GRT)

SM UC-17 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was ordered on 29 August 1915 and launched on 29 February 1916. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 21 July 1916 as SM UC-17.[Note 1]

In 21 patrols UC-17 was credited with sinking 96 ships by either torpedo or laying mines. They included the Royal Fleet Auxiliary munitions ship RFA Lady Cory-Wright, which she torpedoed and sank in the English Channel on 26 March 1918.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC 17". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ^ Tarrant, p. 173
  3. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 31–32.
  4. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Ralph Wenninger (Pour le Merite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Werner Fürbinger (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Ulrich Pilzecker". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  7. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Erich Stephan". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  8. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Freiherr Nikolaus von Lyncker". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.


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