WWI U-boat Types


Type UC III

UC coastal minelayers class


Construction history of type UC III

U-boats# ShipyardWerk #Built during
UC 90 - UC 10516Blohm & Voss, Hamburg324- 3391916 - 1918


UC 95 of type UC III

These boats could carry 14 type UC200 mines in 6 100cm mine-laying tubes. Some boats had a 105mm gun (150 rounds) instead of the usual 88mm.

All U-boats of type UC III

Below are the 16 commissioned U-boats of this type.

UC 90, UC 91, UC 92, UC 93, UC 94, UC 95, UC 96,
UC 97, UC 98, UC 99, UC 100, UC 101, UC 102, UC 103, UC 104 and
UC 105

Technical information for type UC III

Displacement:
(tons)
474 (sf)
560 (sm)
730 (total)
Length: (m)56,10 oa
42,20 ph
Beam: (m)5,54 oa
3,65 ph
Draught: (draft)3,76 m
Height:7,98 m
Power: (hp)600 (sf)
770 (sm)
Speed:
(knots)
11,5 (sf)
6,6 (sm)
Range:
(miles / knots)
9850/7 (sf)
40/4.5 (sm)
Torpedoes:7
2/1 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:14
Deck gun:88mm
230 rounds
Crew:32 men
Max depth:ca. 75 m
(246 feet)
sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.