SM UC-10

History
German Empire
Name	UC-10
Ordered	14 November 1914
Builder	AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Yard number	54
Launched	15 July 1915
Commissioned	17 July 1915
Fate	Sunk by HMS E54, 21 August 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	German Type UC I submarine
Displacement	168 t (165 long tons), surfaced; 183 t (180 long tons), submerged;
Length	33.99 m (111 ft 6 in) o/a; 29.62 m (97 ft 2 in) pressure hull;
Beam	3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Draft	3.04 m (10 ft)
Propulsion	1 × propeller shaft; 1 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 90 PS (66 kW; 89 bhp); 1 × electric motor, 175 PS (129 kW; 173 shp);
Speed	6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph), surfaced; 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph), submerged;
Range	780 nmi (1,440 km; 900 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced; 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged;
Test depth	50 m (160 ft)
Complement	14
Armament	6 × 100 cm (39 in) mine tubes; 12 × UC 120 mines; 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun;
Service record
Part of:	Flandern Flotilla; 19 December 1915 – 21 August 1916;
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Ernst Rosenow; 17 July – 3 November 1915; Oblt.z.S. Max Viebeg; 4 November – 8 December 1915; Oblt.z.S. Alfred Nitzsche; 9 December 1915 – 13 June 1916; Oblt.z.S. Reinhold Saltzwedel; 14 – 26 June 1916; Oblt.z.S. Werner Albrecht; 27 June – 21 August 1916;
Operations:	30 patrols
Victories:	16 merchant ships sunk ; (30,406 GRT); 2 warships sunk ; (598 tons); 5 merchant ships damaged ; (16,627 GRT);

SM UC-10 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 14 November 1914 and was launched on 15 July 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 17 July 1915 as SM UC-10. Mines laid by UC-10 in her 30 patrols were credited with sinking 18 ships. UC-10 was torpedoed and sunk on 21 August 1916 by British submarine HMS E54 at position 52°02′N 03°54′E.

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