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The Type UC II, launched in 1916-1917, represents the second series of minelaying submarines deployed by the Imperial German Navy during
the Great War. They could transport up to eighteen mines housed in six vertically inclined compartments, placed forward in centerline position.
Flanking these compartments there were two external torpedo tubes which protruded laterally. These submarines were double-hulled and had improved
operational range and seakeeping if compared with the preceding series. If judged solely by the amount of enemy vessels destroyed, perhaps over
1800, the Type UC II would be the most successful class of submarines in History.
Type UC II: 64 units (UC-16 to UC-79)
Type: Minelayer submarine
Length: 49.35–53.15 meters
Beam: 5.22 meters
Draught: 3.65 meters
Displacement (surfaced): 400-434 tonnes
Displacement (submerged): 480-511 tonnes
Propulsion: 2 x shaft, 2 x Diesel engine 490–590 horsepower, 2 x electric motor 450–610 horsepower
Speed (surfaced): 11.6–12 knots (21.5-22.2 kilometers/hour)
Speed (submerged): 6.7-7.4 knots (12.4–13.7 kilometers/hour)
Range (surfaced): 6326–8724 nautical miles (11715-16156 kilometers) at 7 knots
Range (submerged): 45-52 nautical miles (83.3-96.3 kilometers) at 4 knots
Fuel: 46.6 tonnes of petrol
Test depth: 50 meters
Complement: 26
Armament: 6 x 1000-millimeter mine tube, 18 x UC 200 mine, 3 x 500-millimeter torpedo tube (2 external at prow, 1 internal astern), 7 x torpedo,
1 x 88 or 105-millimeter deck cannon
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