SM UB-34

SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-34
History
German Empire
Name:	UB-34
Ordered:	22 July 1915
Builder:	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Cost:	1,152,000 German Papiermark
Yard number:	258
Launched:	28 December 1915
Completed:	17 May 1916
Commissioned:	10 June 1916
Fate:	surrendered 26 November 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type UB II submarine
Displacement:	274 t (270 long tons) surfaced 303 t (298 long tons) submerged
Length:	36.90 m (121 ft 1 in) o/a 27.90 m (91 ft 6 in) pressure hull
Beam:	4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) o/a 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Draught:	3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	1 × propeller shaft 2 × 6-cylinder diesel engine, 270 PS (200 kW; 270 bhp) 2 × electric motor, 280 PS (210 kW; 280 shp)
Speed:	9.06 knots (16.78 km/h; 10.43 mph) surfaced 5.71 knots (10.57 km/h; 6.57 mph) submerged
Range:	7,030 nmi (13,020 km; 8,090 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	2 officers, 21 men
Armament:	2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes 4 × torpedoes (later 6) 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun
Notes:	42-second diving time
Service record
Part of:	I Flotilla 27 July 1916 – 1 February 1917 II Flotilla 1 February – 10 September 1917 V Flotilla 10 September 1917 – 3 May 1918 I Flotilla 3 May – 9 September 1918 Flandern Flotilla 9 September – 6 October 1918 Training Flotilla 6 October – 11 November 1918
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Theodor Schultz 10 June 1916 – 16 March 1917 Oblt.z.S. Ludwig Schaafhausen 17 March – 31 August 1917 Oblt.z.S. Helmuth von Ruckteschell 1 September 1917 – 30 March 1918 Oblt.z.S. Erich Förste 31 March – 8 September 1918 Lt.z.S. Hans Illing 9 September - 6 October 1918
Operations:	21 patrol
Victories:	31 merchant ships sunk (39,496 GRT) 2 merchant ships damaged (12,406 GRT) 2 ships taken as prize (2,210 GRT)

SM UB-34 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 5 December 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 10 June 1916 as SM UB-34.

UB-34 sank 31 ships in 21 patrols. They included the William Cory and Son collier SS Hurstwood, which UB-34 torpedoed and sank in the North Sea off Whitby on 5 February 1917.

The submarine served in the Training Flotilla at the end of the war and was surrendered on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. UB-34 was broken up in Canning Town in 1922.

A German Type UB II submarine, UB-34 had a displacement of 274 tonnes (270 long tons) when at the surface and 303 tonnes (298 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 36.90 m (121 ft 1 in), a beam of 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in). The submarine was powered by two Benz six-cylinder diesel engines producing a total 270 metric horsepower (270 shp; 200 kW), two Siemens-Schuckert electric motors producing 280 metric horsepower (210 kW; 280 shp), and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft).