SM UC-34
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | UC-34 |
| Ordered | 20 November 1915 |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Yard number | 275 |
| Launched | 6 May 1916 |
| Commissioned | 25 September 1916 |
| Fate | Scuttled at Pola, 30 October 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type UC II submarine |
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| Draught | 3.65 m (12 ft) |
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| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 26 |
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| Notes | 35-second diving time |
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| Operations: | 9 patrols |
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SM UC-34 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 6 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 September 1916 as SM UC-34. In nine patrols UC-34 was credited with sinking 21 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid.
On 30 December 1917 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Horst Obermüller, UC-34 torpedoed the British troop ship HMT Aragon off the Port of Alexandria. Aragon's escort, the destroyer HMS Attack, rescued 300 to 400 survivors but then UC-34 torpedoed and sank her as well. Of 2,500 personnel who had been aboard Aragon, 610 were killed.
UC-34 was scuttled at Pola on 28 October 1918 on the surrender of Austria-Hungary.