For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-79.
| SM UC-79 | |
|---|---|
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | SM UC-79 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 84[1] |
| Launched: | 19 December 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 22 January 1917[1] |
| Fate: | sunk by mine off Cap Gris Nez, March–April 1918[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: |
410 t (450 short tons), surfaced[2] 493 t (543 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 165 ft 6 in (50.44 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 2 in (4 m)[3] |
| 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: |
11.8 knots (21.9 km/h), surfaced[2] 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: |
8,660 nautical miles @ 7 knots, surfaced[3] (16,040 km @ 13 km/h) 52 nautical miles @ 4 knots, submerged[3] (96 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-79 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German language: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I.
History[]
UC-79 was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 19 December 1916. She was commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine on 22 January 1917 as SM UC-79.[Note 1] In 11 patrols UC-79 was credited with sinking 10 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid.[1] On 28 April 1917, she captured the Danish coaster Laura in the Skagerrak.[4] UC-79 was sunk by a mine off Cap Gris Nez, France in late March or early April 1918. Royal Navy divers located the wreck in that area in August 1918.[1]
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.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-79". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UC+79. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant, p. 173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182.
- ↑ "Laura". Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7187.html. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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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