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| History |
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| German Empire |
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| Name | UC-4 |
| Ordered | November 1914 |
| Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Yard number | 48 |
| Launched | 6 June 1915 |
| Commissioned | 10 June 1915 |
| Fate | Scuttled off Flanders, 5 October 1918 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type | Type UC I submarine |
| Displacement |
- 168 t (165 long tons), surfaced
- 183 t (180 long tons), submerged
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| Length | |
| Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 3.04 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
- 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph), surfaced
- 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph), submerged
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| 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
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| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 14 |
| Armament | |
| Service record |
| Part of: |
- Baltic Flotilla
- 11 July 1915 – 4 February 1916
- Flandern Flotilla
- 4 February – 19 March 1916
- Baltic Flotilla
- 19 March – 30 September 1916
- Flandern / Flandern I Flotilla
- 30 September 1916 – 2 October 1918
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| Commanders: |
- Oblt.z.S. Karl Vesper
- 10 June – 28 December 1915
- Oblt.z.S. Friedrich Moecke
- 29 December 1915 – 19 March 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Max Hamm
- 20 March – 15 August 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Ulrich Pilzecker
- 16 August – 14 September 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Gustav Buch
- 15 September – 20 October 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Hans Howaldt
- 21 October – 26 November 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Georg Reimarus
- 27 November 1916 – 11 May 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Oskar Steckelberg
- 12 – 20 May 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Georg Reimarus
- 21 – 29 May 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Erich Hecht
- 30 May – 12 September 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Walter Schmitz
- 13 September 1917 – 19 January 1918
- Oblt.z.S. Kurt Loch
- 20 January – 26 February 1918
- Oblt.z.S. Ernst Berlin
- 27 February – 21 April 1918
- Oblt.z.S. Eberhard Schmidt
- 22 April – 2 October 1918
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| Operations: |
73 patrols |
| Victories: |
- 21 merchant ships sunk
(33,518 GRT)
- 1 warship sunk
(6,136 tons)
- 14 auxiliary warships sunk
(5,134 GRT)
- 2 merchant ships damaged
(9,441 GRT)
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SM UC-4 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 6 June 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 10 June 1915 as SM UC-4. Mines laid by UC-4 in her 73 patrols were credited with sinking 36 ships. UC-4 was scuttled off the coast of Flanders during the German evacuation on 5 October 1918.