The German Type UE I submarine was an ocean-going single-hull submarine with saddle tanks built by AG Vulkan in Hamburg and Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. The Type UE I was equipped with two six-cylinder Benz engines for 900 horsepower (670 kW) for a surface top speed of 9.6 knots (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) to 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph). Armed with a single torpedo tube forward and aft, plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun (U-72 received a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 gun in 1917), its main weapon were the 38 mines in two minelaying tubes. The boats were crewed by four officers and 28 men for a complement of 32.[1]
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Builders | AG Vulkan, Hamburg; Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
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Preceded by | Type U 66 |
Succeeded by | Type U 81 |
Completed | 10 |
Lost | 7 |
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)[2] |
Draught | 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)[1] |
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Complement | 32 men[1] |
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Boat | Fate |
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U-71 | surrendered 1919, scrapped |
U-72 | scuttled 1 November 1918 at Cattaro |
U-73 | scuttled 30 October 1918 off Pula |
U-74 | sunk 27 May 1916 in the North Sea |
U-75 | sunk by mine 13 December 1917 in the North Sea |
U-76 | sunk 27 January 1917 in the Arctic Ocean |
U-77 | lost after 5 July 1916 in the North Sea |
U-78 | sunk 28 October 1918 in the North Sea |
U-79 | surrendered November 1918, became French submarine Victor Reveille, scrapped 1935 |
U-80 | surrendered January 1919, scrapped |
Citations
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edit- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.