For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-109.
| SM UC-109 | |
|---|---|
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | UC-109 |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
| Yard number: | 343[2] |
| Launched: | 2 June 1918[2] |
| Completed: | 4 December 1918[2] |
| Fate: | ceded to UK as war reparation; broken up, 1921[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | German Type UC III submarine |
| Displacement: |
491 t (541 short tons), surfaced[1] 571 t (629 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 185 ft 5 in (56.52 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: |
2 × propeller shafts 2 × MAN 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 600 bhp (450 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 770 shp (570 kW)[3] |
| Speed: |
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h), surfaced[1] 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: |
9,850 nautical miles @ 7 knots, surfaced[3] (18,240 km @ 13 km/h) 40 nautical miles @ 4.5 knots, submerged[3] (74 km @ 8.3 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 75 m (246 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 32[3] |
| Armament: |
6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 14 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) KL/45 deck gun[3] |
| Notes: | 15-second diving time[1] |
SM UC-109 was a German Type UC III minelaying submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German language: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was launched on 2 June 1918 and completed on 4 December 1918. Because UC-109 was finished after the end of fighting, she was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy; had she been so commissioned, she would have been named SM UC-109.[Note 1] UC-109 was awarded to the United Kingdom as a war reparation and broken up in 1921.[3]
Notes[]
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
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Bibliography[]
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866.
- Tarrant, V. E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385.
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