For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-63.
| SM UC-63 | |
|---|---|
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | UC-63 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
| Yard number: | 261[1] |
| Laid down: | 3 April 1916[1] |
| Launched: | 6 January 1917[1] |
| Commissioned: | 30 January 1917[1] |
| Fate: | torpedoed and sunk by HMS E52 on 1 November 1917[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: |
422 t (465 short tons), surfaced[2] 504 t (556 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 170 ft 1 in (51.84 m)[2] |
| Beam: |
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| Propulsion: |
2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)[3] |
| Speed: |
11.9 knots (22.0 km/h), surfaced[2] 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: |
8,000 nautical miles @ 7 knots, surfaced[3] (15,000 km @ 13 km/h) 59 nautical miles @ 4 knots, submerged[3] (109 km @ 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 26[3] |
| Armament: |
6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun[2] |
| Notes: | 30-second diving time[2] |
SM UC-63 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German language: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916, laid down on 3 April 1916, and was launched on 6 January 1917. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 30 January 1917 as SM UC-63.[Note 1] In 9 patrols UC-63 was credited with sinking 36 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-63 was torpedoed and sunk by HMS E52 off Goodwin Sands on 1 November 1917.[1]
Notes[]
- ↑ "SM" stands for Seiner Majestäts (English: His Majesty's) and combined with "U" for Unterseeboot translates as "His Majesty's Submarine".
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-63". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UC+63. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Tarrant, p. 173
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References[]
- 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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