SM UC-65

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-65.

History
German Empire
NameUC-65
Ordered12 January 1916[1]
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number281[1]
Launched8 July 1916[1]
Commissioned7 November 1916[1]
FateTorpedoed and sunk by HMS C15 on 3 November 1917[1]
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeType UC II submarine
Displacement
  • 427 t (420 long tons), surfaced
  • 508 t (500 long tons), submerged
Length
Beam
  • 5.22 m (17 ft 2 in) o/a
  • 3.65 m (12 ft) pressure hull
Draught3.64 m (11 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 12.0 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph), surfaced
  • 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph), submerged
Range
  • 10,420 nmi (19,300 km; 11,990 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced
  • 52 nmi (96 km; 60 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
Part of:
  • Flanders Flotilla
  • 3 February – 3 November 1917
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Otto Steinbrinck[4]
  • 10 November 1916 – 31 July 1917
  • Kptlt. Max Viebeg[5]
  • 1 August – 3 September 1917
  • Kptlt. Claus Lafrenz[6]
  • 4 September – 3 November 1917
Operations: 11 patrols
Victories:
  • 101 merchant ships sunk
    (115,360 GRT + Unknown GRT)
  • 1 warship sunk
    (11,000 tons)
  • 4 auxiliary warships sunk
    (858 GRT)
  • 9 merchant ships damaged
    (60,233 GRT + Unknown GRT)
  • 1 warship damaged
    (850 tons)
  • 2 auxiliary warships damaged
    (8,283 GRT)

SM UC-65 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (‹See Tfd›German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 8 July 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 7 November 1916 as SM UC-65.[Note 1] In eleven patrols UC-65 was credited with sinking 106 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-65 was torpedoed and sunk by HMS C15 on 3 November 1917.[1][7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC 65". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  2. ^ Tarrant, p. 173.
  3. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 31–32.
  4. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Otto Steinbrinck (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Max Viebeg (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Claus Lafrenz (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. ^ *McCartney, Innes (2002). Lost patrols : submarine wrecks of the English Channel. Penzance: Periscope. ISBN 978-1-90438-104-4.


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