UC II Type Submarine (1916)

Germany started building UC II Type coastal minelayer submarines in 1916. Sixty-four were commissioned between 1915 and 1917.

Overview of 64 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
UC 16	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		1 Feb, 1916	18 Jun, 1916	Sunk 23 Oct, 1917
UC 17	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		29 Feb, 1916	21 Jul, 1916	Broken up 1919
UC 18	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		4 Mar, 1916	15 Aug, 1916	Sunk 19 Feb, 1917
UC 19	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		15 Mar, 1916	21 Aug, 1916	Sunk 6 Dec, 1916
UC 20	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		1 Apr, 1916	7 Sep, 1916	Broken up 1919
UC 21	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		1 Apr, 1916	12 Sep, 1916	Mined 27 Sep, 1917
UC 22	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		1 Feb, 1916	30 Jun, 1916	Broken up 1921
UC 23	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		29 Feb, 1916	17 Jul, 1916	Broken up 1921
UC 24	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		4 Mar, 1916	15 Aug, 1916	Torpedoed 24 May, 1917
UC 34	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		6 May, 1916	25 Sep, 1916	Scuttled 24 Oct, 1918
UC 35	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		6 May, 1916	2 Oct, 1916	Sunk 16 May, 1918
UC 36	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		5 Jun, 1916	10 Oct, 1916	Rammed 1936
UC 37	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		5 Jun, 1916	17 Oct, 1916	Broken up 1920
UC 38	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		25 Jun, 1916	26 Oct, 1916	Sunk 14 Dec, 1917
UC 39	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		25 Jun, 1916	31 Oct, 1916	Sunk 8 Feb, 1917
UC 65	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		8 Jul, 1916	7 Nov, 1916	Torpedoed 3 Nov, 1917
UC 66	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		15 Jul, 1916	14 Nov, 1916	Sunk 12 Jun, 1917
UC 67	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		6 Aug, 1916	10 Dec, 1916	Broken up 1919
UC 68	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		12 Aug, 1916	17 Dec, 1916	Torpedoed 5 Apr, 1917
UC 69	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		7 Aug, 1916	22 Dec, 1916	Collision 6 Dec, 1917
UC 70	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		7 Aug, 1916	20 Nov, 1916	Sunk 28 Aug, 1918
UC 71	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		12 Aug, 1916	28 Nov, 1916	Foundered 20 Feb, 1919
UC 72	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		12 Aug, 1916	5 Dec, 1916	Sunk Sep, 1917
UC 73	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg		26 Aug, 1916	24 Dec, 1916	Broken up 1919
UC 25	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		10 Jun, 1916	28 Jun, 1916	Scuttled 28 Oct, 1918
UC 26	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		22 Jun, 1916	18 Jul, 1916	Sunk 8 May, 1917
UC 27	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		28 Jun, 1916	25 Jul, 1916	Broken up 1921
UC 28	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		8 Jul, 1916	6 Aug, 1916	Expended 1919
UC 29	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		15 Jul, 1916	15 Aug, 1916	Sunk 7 Jun, 1917
UC 30	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		27 Jul, 1916	22 Aug, 1916	Mined 19 Apr, 1917
UC 31	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		7 Aug, 1916	2 Sep, 1916	Broken up 1922
UC 32	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		12 Aug, 1916	13 Sep, 1916	Lost 23 Feb, 1917
UC 33	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		26 Aug, 1916	25 Sep, 1916	Sunk 26 Sep, 1917
UC 40	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		5 Sep, 1916	1 Oct, 1916	Foundered 21 Feb, 1919
UC 41	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		13 Sep, 1916	11 Oct, 1916	Sunk 21 Aug, 1917
UC 42	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		21 Sep, 1916	18 Nov, 1916	Lost 10 Sep, 1917
UC 43	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		5 Oct, 1916	25 Oct, 1916	Torpedoed 10 Mar, 1917
UC 44	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		10 Oct, 1916	4 Nov, 1916	Mined 5 Aug, 1917
UC 45	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		20 Oct, 1916	18 Nov, 1916	Broken up 1919
UC 74	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		19 Oct, 1916	26 Nov, 1916	Broken up 1921
UC 75	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		6 Nov, 1916	6 Dec, 1916	Sunk 31 May, 1918
UC 76	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		25 Nov, 1916	17 Dec, 1916	Broken up 1919
UC 77	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		2 Dec, 1916	29 Dec, 1916	Sunk 10 Aug, 1918
UC 78	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		8 Dec, 1916	10 Jan, 1917	Sunk 2 May, 1918
UC 79	AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg		19 Dec, 1916	22 Jan, 1917	Mined Apr, 1918
UC 46	AG Weser, Bremen	1 Feb, 1916	8 Aug, 1916	15 Sep, 1916	Sunk 8 Feb, 1917
UC 47	AG Weser, Bremen	1 Feb, 1916	30 Aug, 1916	13 Oct, 1916	Sunk 18 Nov, 1917
UC 48	AG Weser, Bremen	1 Feb, 1916	27 Sep, 1916	6 Nov, 1916	Interned 20 Mar, 1918
UC 61	AG Weser, Bremen	3 Apr, 1916	11 Nov, 1916	13 Dec, 1916	Stranded 26 Jul, 1917
UC 62	AG Weser, Bremen	3 Apr, 1916	9 Dec, 1916	8 Jan, 1917	Torpedoed Oct, 1917
UC 63	AG Weser, Bremen	3 Apr, 1916	6 Jan, 1917	30 Jan, 1917	Torpedoed 1 Nov, 1917
UC 64	AG Weser, Bremen	3 Apr, 1916	23 Jan, 1917	22 Feb, 1917	Mined 20 Jun, 1918
UC 49	Germaniawerft, Kiel		7 Nov, 1916	2 Dec, 1916	Sunk 8 Aug, 1918
UC 50	Germaniawerft, Kiel		23 Nov, 1916	21 Dec, 1916	Lost Jan, 1918
UC 51	Germaniawerft, Kiel		5 Dec, 1916	6 Jan, 1917	Sunk Nov, 1917
UC 52	Germaniawerft, Kiel		23 Jan, 1917	15 Mar, 1917	Broken up 1919
UC 53	Germaniawerft, Kiel		27 Feb, 1917	5 Apr, 1917	Scuttled 28 Oct, 1918
UC 54	Germaniawerft, Kiel		20 Mar, 1917	10 May, 1917	Scuttled 28 Oct, 1918
UC 55	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	25 Feb, 1916	2 Aug, 1916	15 Nov, 1916	Sunk 29 Sep, 1917
UC 56	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	4 Mar, 1916	26 Aug, 1916	18 Dec, 1916	Broken up 1923
UC 57	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	14 Mar, 1916	7 Sep, 1916	22 Jan, 1917	Mined Nov, 1917
UC 58	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	18 Mar, 1916	21 Oct, 1916	12 Mar, 1917	Broken up 1921
UC 59	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	25 Mar, 1916	28 Sep, 1916	12 May, 1917	Broken up 1919
UC 60	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig	31 Mar, 1916	8 Nov, 1916	25 Jun, 1917	Broken up 1921

Design

These were double hulled boats, unlike the preceding UC I Type.

Torpedoes

• two 50cm tubes forward (external in early boats)
• one 50cm tube aft

Seven torpedoes were carried.

Mines

• six 100cm tubes for eighteen UC 200 type mines

Guns

• one 8.8cm KL/30 (most boats)
• one 10.5cm KL/45 (few others)

See Also

• Wikipedia
• UBoat.net

Bibliography

• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).