SM UC-3

History
German Empire
Name	UC-3
Ordered	November 1914
Builder	AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Yard number	47
Launched	28 May 1915
Commissioned	1 June 1915
Fate	Sunk 23 April 1916; Sunk 27 May 1916;
General characteristics
Class & type	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; 30 June 1915 – 23 April / 27 May 1916;
Commanders:	Kptlt. Erwin Weisbach; 1 June – 26 September 1915; Oblt.z.S. Erwin Waßner; 27 September 1915 – 12 May 1916; Oblt.z.S. Günther Kreysern; 13 – 27 May 1916;
Operations:	29 patrols
Victories:	16 merchant ships sunk ; (28,483 GRT); 6 auxiliary warships sunk ; (2,109 GRT); 2 merchant ships damaged ; (1,909 GRT);

SM UC-3 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 had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 28 May 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 1 June 1915 as UC-3. Mines laid by UC-3 in her 29 patrols were credited with sinking 22 ships and damaging 2 others. UC-3 was caught in a net, detected by hydrophone, and sunk on 23 April 1916 or mined and sunk on 27 May 1916.

History

German Empire
Name	UC-3
Ordered	November 1914
Builder	AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Yard number	47
Launched	28 May 1915
Commissioned	1 June 1915
Fate	Sunk 23 April 1916 Sunk 27 May 1916
General characteristics
Class & type	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 30 June 1915 – 23 April / 27 May 1916
Commanders:	Kptlt. Erwin Weisbach 1 June – 26 September 1915 Oblt.z.S. Erwin Waßner 27 September 1915 – 12 May 1916 Oblt.z.S. Günther Kreysern 13 – 27 May 1916
Operations:	29 patrols
Victories:	16 merchant ships sunk (28,483 GRT) 6 auxiliary warships sunk (2,109 GRT) 2 merchant ships damaged (1,909 GRT)