SM UC-11

History
German Empire
Name	UC-11
Ordered	23 November 1914
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	225
Laid down	26 January 1915
Launched	11 April 1915
Commissioned	23 April 1915
Fate	Sunk by mine, 26 June 1918
General characteristics
Class and type	German Type UC I submarine
Displacement	168 t (165 long tons), surfaced; 182 t (179 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	3.06 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1 × propeller shaft; 1 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 80 PS (59 kW; 79 bhp); 1 × electric motor, 175 PS (129 kW; 173 shp);
Speed	6.49 knots (12.02 km/h; 7.47 mph), surfaced; 5.67 knots (10.50 km/h; 6.52 mph), submerged;
Range	910 nmi (1,690 km; 1,050 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; 26 May – 17 October 1915; Training Flotilla; 17 October 1915 – 11 August 1916; Flandern / Flandern I Flotilla; 11 August 1916 – 26 June 1918;
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Walter Gottfried Schmidt; 23 April 1915 – 11 August 1916; Oblt.z.S. Reinhold Saltzwedel; 12 – 20 August 1916; Oblt.z.S. Max Schmitz; 21 August – 1 December 1916; Oblt.z.S. Benno von Ditfurth; 2 December 1916 – 29 June 1917; Oblt.z.S. Georg Niemeyer; 30 June – 19 July 1917; Oblt.z.S. Benno von Ditfurth; 20 July – 5 August 1917; Oblt.z.S. Karl Dobberstein; 6 August – 16 November 1917; Oblt.z.S. Ferdinand Schwartz; 17 November 1917 – 10 February 1918; Oblt.z.S. Reinhold Thomsen; 11 February – 4 April 1918; Oblt.z.S. Werner Lange; 5 April – 16 June 1918; Oblt.z.S. Kurt Utke; 17 – 26 June 1918;
Operations:	83 patrols
Victories:	17 merchant ships sunk ; (31,560 GRT); 2 warships sunk ; (510 tons); 8 auxiliary warships sunk ; (1,638 GRT); 2 warships damaged ; (5,084 tons); 1 auxiliary warship damaged ; (378 GRT);

SM UC-11 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 23 November 1914, laid down on 26 January 1915, and was launched on 11 April 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 23 April 1915 as SM UC-11. Mines laid by UC-11 in her 83 patrols were credited with sinking 27 ships. UC-11 was mined and sunk on 26 June 1918. A crew member was Rudolf Finkler from Oberlinxweiler, Kreis St. Wendel, Germany. According to his death record the boat went down in the North Sea near Harwich, abt. 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) north east of Funk Feuerschiff on position 51°55′N 1°41′E.

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