SM UC-26 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 29 August 1915 and was launched on 22 June 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 July 1916 as SM UC-26.[1] In nine patrols UC-26 was credited with sinking 39 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-26 was rammed and sunk by off Calais on 8 May 1917.
A Type UC II submarine, UC-26 had a displacement of 400t when at the surface and 480t while submerged. She had a length overall of 49.45m (162.24feet), a beam of 5.22m (17.13feet), and a draught of 3.650NaN0. The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing 250PS (a total of 500PS), two electric motors producing 460PS, and two propeller shafts. She had a dive time of 48 seconds and was capable of operating at a depth of .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of . When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . UC-26 was fitted with six mine tubes, eighteen UC 200 mines, three torpedo tubes (one on the stern and two on the bow), seven torpedoes, and one 8.8sp=usNaNsp=us Uk L/30 deck gun. Her complement was twenty-six crew members.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[2] | Fate[3] | |
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23 September 1916 | Prinsessan Ingeborg | 3,670 | Damaged | ||
30 September 1916 | Maywood | 1,188 | Sunk | ||
30 September 1916 | William George | 151 | Sunk | ||
1 October 1916 | Vanellus | 1,797 | Sunk | ||
1 October 1916 | Villebois Mareuil | 32 | Sunk | ||
3 October 1916 | Ada | 1,111 | Sunk | ||
4 October 1916 | Risholm | 2,550 | Sunk | ||
5 October 1916 | Isle of Hastings | 1,575 | Sunk | ||
13 October 1916 | Mercator | 2,827 | Sunk | ||
27 October 1916 | Blanc Nez | 247 | Sunk | ||
28 October 1916 | HMHS Galeka | 6,772 | Sunk | ||
30 October 1916 | Saint Hubert | 216 | Sunk | ||
1 November 1916 | Torpilleur 300 | 99 | Sunk | ||
15 November 1916 | Saint Leonards | 4,574 | Damaged | ||
16 November 1916 | HMT Anthony Hope | 288 | Sunk | ||
16 November 1916 | Joachim Brinch Lund | 1,603 | Sunk | ||
16 November 1916 | San Nicolao | 2,697 | Sunk | ||
17 November 1916 | Monmouth | 4,078 | Damaged | ||
19 November 1916 | Finn | 3,806 | Sunk | ||
21 November 1916 | Cap Lihou | 252 | Sunk | ||
22 November 1916 | Brierton | 3,255 | Sunk | ||
22 November 1916 | Trym | 1,801 | Sunk | ||
23 November 1916 | Dansted | 1,499 | Sunk | ||
25 November 1916 | Alfred De Courcy | 164 | Sunk | ||
25 November 1916 | Malvina | 112 | Sunk | ||
10 December 1916 | Strathalbyn | 4,331 | Sunk | ||
28 January 1917 | Egret | 4,055 | Sunk | ||
28 January 1917 | Argo | 1,261 | Sunk | ||
28 January 1917 | Heimland I | 505 | Sunk | ||
7 February 1917 | Noella | 277 | Sunk | ||
16 February 1917 | 1,200 | Damaged | |||
10 April 1917 | HMS P26 | 613 | Sunk | ||
10 April 1917 | 7,284 | Sunk | |||
11 April 1917 | HMT Amy | 270 | Sunk | ||
11 April 1917 | Branksome Hall | 4,262 | Damaged | ||
11 April 1917 | Duchess of Cornwall | 1,706 | Sunk | ||
13 April 1917 | Gambetta | 39 | Sunk | ||
14 April 1917 | Tom | 2,413 | Sunk | ||
18 April 1917 | Surcouf | 195 | Sunk | ||
19 April 1917 | Senator Dantziger | 164 | Sunk | ||
2 May 1917 | Certo | 1,629 | Sunk | ||
2 May 1917 | 555 | Sunk | |||
3 May 1917 | Ussa | 2,066 | Sunk | ||
8 May 1917 | Iris | 75 | Sunk |