SM UC-3

"UC-3" redirects here. For other uses, see UC3 (disambiguation).
For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-3.

History
German Empire
NameUC-3
OrderedNovember 1914[1]
BuilderAG Vulcan, Hamburg[2]
Yard number47[1]
Launched28 May 1915[1]
Commissioned1 June 1915[1]
Fate
  • Sunk 23 April 1916[3]
  • Sunk 27 May 1916[1]
General characteristics [4]
Class and typeType UC I submarine
Displacement
  • 168 t (165 long tons), surfaced
  • 183 t (180 long tons), submerged
Length
Beam3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Draft3.04 m (10 ft)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph), surfaced
  • 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph), submerged
Range
  • 780 nmi (1,440 km; 900 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
Part of:
  • Flandern Flotilla
  • 30 June 1915 – 23 April / 27 May 1916
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Erwin Weisbach[5]
  • 1 June – 26 September 1915
  • Oblt.z.S. Erwin Waßner[6]
  • 27 September 1915 – 12 May 1916
  • Oblt.z.S. Günther Kreysern[7]
  • 13 – 27 May 1916[dubious – discuss]
Operations: 29 patrols
Victories:
  • 16 merchant ships sunk
    (28,483 GRT)
  • 6 auxiliary warships sunk
    (2,109 GRT)
  • 2 merchant ships damaged
    (1,909 GRT)

SM UC-3 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 had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 28 May 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 1 June 1915 as UC-3.[Note 1] Mines laid by UC-3 in her 29 patrols were credited with sinking 22 ships and damaging 2 others. UC-3 was caught in a net, detected by hydrophone, and sunk on 23 April 1916 or mined and sunk on 27 May 1916.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC 3". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  2. ^ Tarrant, p. 173.
  3. ^ a b Brodie, Bernard; Brodie, Fawn M. (1973). From Crossbow to H-bomb: the evolution of tactics and warfare (First Midland ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 184. ISBN 0253201616. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  4. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 30–31.
  5. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Erwin Weisbach". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  6. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Erwin Waßner (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  7. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Günther Kreysern". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 31 December 2014.


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