WWI U-boat Types


Type UC II

UC coastal minelayers class


Construction history of type UC II

U-boats# ShipyardWerk #Built during
UC 16 - UC 249Blohm & Voss, Hamburg266- 2741915 - 1916
UC 25 - UC 339Vulcan, Hamburg64- 721915 - 1917
UC 34 - UC 396Blohm & Voss, Hamburg275- 2801915 - 1916
UC 40 - UC 456Vulcan, Hamburg73- 781915 - 1916
UC 46 - UC 483A.G. Weser, Bremen256- 2581915 - 1916
UC 49 - UC 546Germaniawerft, Kiel265- 2701916 - 1917
UC 55 - UC 606Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig37- 421916 - 1917
UC 61 - UC 644A.G. Weser, Bremen259- 2621916 - 1917
UC 65 - UC 739Blohm & Voss, Hamburg281- 2891916
UC 74 - UC 796Vulcan, Hamburg79- 841916 - 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.