SM UC-I-Class (Early Minelayer)
First German Minelaying Submarine - Revolutionary Mine Warfare - 15 boats commissioned 1915: UC-1 to UC-15. FIRST GERMAN MINELAYING SUBMARINE! Pioneered submarine minelaying with vertical mine chutes. 168 tons surfaced, 12× UC/120 mines (6× vertical chutes, 2 mines each), NO torpedoes (pure minelayer!), 6.2 knots surfaced/5.2 knots submerged. Gasoline propulsion (small), 780 nm range. Port blocking operations - laid minefields off British ports. Flanders/North Sea deployment. Revolutionary mine warfare concept. Small crew (14).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 168 t
- Displacement (full)
- 183 (submerged) t
- Length
- 111.5 ft
- Beam
- 10.3 ft
- Crew
- 14
- Ships built
- 15
- Commissioned
- 1915
- Decommissioned
- 1917-1919
Performance
- Top speed
- 6.2 kn
- Range
- 780 nm at 5 knots surfaced
Armament
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- None (minelayer!)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 18.8
- Research cost
- 1,654
- Credit cost
- 13,160
Notable
- FIRST GERMAN MINELAYING SUBMARINE!
- Pioneered submarine minelaying
- 15 boats built (UC-1 to UC-15)
- 12× mines in vertical chutes
- No torpedoes (pure minelayer!)
- 168 tons surfaced (small)
- Port blocking operations
- Flanders/North Sea deployment
- Revolutionary mine warfare
- Gasoline propulsion (small)