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History
German Empire
Name UC-34
Ordered 20 November 1915[1]
Builder Blohm & Voss , Hamburg [2]
Yard number 275[1]
Launched 6 May 1916[1]
Commissioned 25 September 1916[1]
Fate Scuttled at Pola , 30 October 1918[1]
General characteristics
Class and type Type UC II submarine
Displacement
427 t (420 long tons ), surfaced
509 t (501 long tons), submerged
Length
Draught 3.65 m (12 ft )
Propulsion
Speed
11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph), surfaced
6.8 knots (12.6 km/h; 7.8 mph), submerged
Range
10,180 nmi (18,850 km; 11,710 mi ) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced
54 nmi (100 km; 62 mi ) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth 50 m (160 ft )
Complement 26
Armament
Notes 35-second diving time
Service record[1]
Part of:
Pola / Mittelmeer / Mittelmeer II Flotilla
8 January 1917 – 30 October 1918
Commanders:
Oblt.z.S. Robert Sprenger
26 September 1916 – 15 July 1917
Oblt.z.S. Horst Obermüller
16 July 1917 – 14 July 1918
Oblt.z.S. Hans Schüler
15 July – 30 October 1918
Operations:
9 patrols Victories:
17 merchant ships sunk (51,527 GRT )
1 warship sunk (785 tons)
3 auxiliary warships sunk (13,808 GRT )
3 merchant ships damaged (14,001 GRT )
SM UC-34 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German : Kaiserliche Marine ) during World War I . The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 6 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 September 1916 as SM UC-34 .[Note 1] In nine patrols UC-34 was credited with sinking 21 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid.
On 30 December 1917 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Horst Obermüller , UC-34 torpedoed the British troop ship HMT Aragon off the Port of Alexandria .[4] [5] Aragon ' s escort, the destroyer HMS Attack , rescued 300 to 400 survivors but then UC-34 torpedoed and sank her was well. Of 2,500 personnel who had been aboard Aragon , 610 were killed.[4] [5]
UC-34 was scuttled at Pola on 28 October 1918 on the surrender of Austria-Hungary .[1]
A Type UC II submarine , UC-34 had a displacement of 427 tonnes (420 long tons) when at the surface and 509 tonnes (501 long tons) while submerged. She had a length overall of 50.35 m (165 ft 2 in ) o/a , a beam of 5.22 m (17 ft 2 in ), and a draught of 3.65 m (12 ft ). The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing 300 metric horsepower (220 kW; 300 shp) (a total of 600 metric horsepower (440 kW; 590 shp)), two electric motors producing 460 metric horsepower (340 kW; 450 shp), and two propeller shafts . She had a dive time of 35 seconds and was capable of operating at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft ).
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) and a submerged speed of 6.8 knots (12.6 km/h; 7.8 mph). When submerged, she could operate for 54 nautical miles (100 km; 62 mi ) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 10,180 nautical miles (18,850 km; 11,710 mi ) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph). UC-34 was fitted with six 100 centimetres (39 in ) mine tubes, eighteen UC 200 mines, three 50 centimetres (20 in ) torpedo tubes (one on the stern and two on the bow), seven torpedoes, and one 8.8 cm (3.5 in ) Uk L/30 deck gun . Her complement was twenty-six crew members.
Summary of raiding history [ edit ]
Date
Name
Nationality
Tonnage[Note 2]
Fate[6]
27 December 1916
Maud
France
176
Sunk
28 December 1916
Seedonis
Russian Empire
284
Sunk
6 April 1917
Rahmanich
Egypt
100
Sunk
6 April 1917
Spithead
United Kingdom
4,697
Sunk
8 April 1917
Geilan Bahri
United Kingdom
19
Sunk
10 April 1917
Fotis
Greece
3,526
Damaged
11 April 1917
Imperial Transport
United Kingdom
4,648
Sunk
4 May 1917
Cameleon
French Navy
179
Sunk
31 May 1917
Ozarda
United Kingdom
4,791
Damaged
2 June 1917
Cameronian
United Kingdom
5,861
Sunk
7 June 1917
Liliana
Kingdom of Italy
70
Sunk
30 June 1917
Caledonien
France
4,140
Sunk
13 September 1917
Bengali
United Kingdom
5,684
Damaged
25 October 1917
Euston
United Kingdom
2,841
Sunk
12 November 1917
Barbary
United Kingdom
4,185
Sunk
30 December 1917
HMT Aragon
Royal Navy
9,588
Sunk
30 December 1917
HMS Attack
Royal Navy
785
Sunk
31 December 1917
HMS Osmanieh
Royal Navy
4,041
Sunk
8 April 1918
Bengali
United Kingdom
5,684
Sunk
9 April 1918
Vasconia
Norway
3,052
Sunk
1 August 1918
Columbia
Denmark
5,570
Sunk
6 August 1918
Clan Macneil
United Kingdom
3,939
Sunk
10 August 1918
Patra
France
45
Sunk
10 August 1918
Tatarrax
United Kingdom
6,216
Sunk
^ "SM" stands for『Seiner Majestät』(English: His Majesty's ) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine .
^ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons . Military vessels are listed by tons displacement .
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f g Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC 34" . German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net . Retrieved 23 February 2009 .
^ Tarrant 1989 , p. 173
^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Aragon" . German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net . Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ a b "Last Song on Doomed Ship" . The Northern Star . Lismore, New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UC 34" . German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net . Retrieved 12 December 2014 .
References [ edit ]
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels . Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4 .
Tarrant, V.E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945 . Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7 . OCLC 20338385 .
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1918
Shipwrecks
2 Oct: Keltier
3 Oct: Burutu , SMS G41
4 Oct: HMS L10 , SM UB-68 , Oceania
5 Oct: USS Mary Alice , SM UB-10 , SM UB-40 , SM UB-59 , SM UC-4
6 Oct: HMS C12 , HMS Otranto
7 Oct: USS West Gate
10 Oct: Leinster , Senator Schröder
15 Oct: HMS J6
16 Oct: Dumaru , SM UB-90
19 Oct: HMS Plumpton , SM UB-123
20 Oct: HMS M21
21 Oct: USS Cero , SM UB-89
23 Oct: HMS D1
25 Oct: Princess Sophia
27 Oct: SM U-78
28 Oct: USS Tarantula , SM U-47 , SM U-65 , SM UB-48 , SM UB-116 , SM UC-25 , SM UC-53 , SM UC-54
30 Oct: HMCS Galiano , SM U-73 , SM UC-34
31 Oct: SM UB-129
Unknown date: SMS Brugge , HMS G7 , SM U-34
Other incidents
1917 1918 1919 September 1918 November 1918
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