SM UC-11

History
German Empire
Name:	UC-11
Ordered:	23 November 1914
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number:	225
Laid down:	26 January 1915
Launched:	11 April 1915
Commissioned:	23 April 1915
Fate:	sunk by mine, 26 June 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type UC I submarine
Displacement:	168 t (165 long tons), surfaced 182 t (179 long tons), submerged
Length:	33.99 m (111 ft 6 in) o/a 29.62 m (97 ft 2 in) pressure hull
Beam:	3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Draft:	3.06 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	1 × propeller shaft 1 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 80 PS (59 kW; 79 bhp) 1 × electric motor, 175 PS (129 kW; 173 shp)
Speed:	6.49 knots (12.02 km/h; 7.47 mph), surfaced 5.67 knots (10.50 km/h; 6.52 mph), submerged
Range:	910 nmi (1,690 km; 1,050 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
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	14
Armament:	6 × 100 cm (39 in) mine tubes 12 × UC 120 mines 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun
Service record
Part of:	Flandern Flotilla 26 May – 17 October 1915 Training Flotilla 17 October 1915 – 11 August 1916 Flandern Flotilla 11 August 1916 – 26 June 1918
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Walter Gottfried Schmidt 23 April 1915 – 11 August 1916 Oblt.z.S. Reinhold Saltzwedel 12–20 August 1916 Oblt.z.S. Max Schmitz 21 August – 1 December 1916 Oblt.z.S. Benno von Ditfurth 2 December 1916 – 29 June 1917 Oblt.z.S. Georg Niemeyer 30 June – 19 July 1917 Oblt.z.S. Benno von Ditfurth 20 July – 5 August 1917 Oblt.z.S. Karl Dobberstein 6 August – 16 November 1917 Oblt.z.S. Ferdinand Schwartz 17 November 1917 – 10 February 1918 Oblt.z.S. Reinhold Thomsen 11 February – 4 April 1918 Oblt.z.S. Werner Lange 5 April – 16 June 1918 Oblt.z.S. Kurt Utke 17–26 June 1918
Operations:	83 patrols
Victories:	27 merchant ships sunk (33,708 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (378 GRT) 2 warships damaged (5,084 tons)

SM UC-11 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 was ordered on 23 November 1914, laid down on 26 January 1915, and was launched on 11 April 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 23 April 1915 as SM UC-11.Mines laid by UC-11 in her 83 patrols were credited with sinking 27 ships. UC-11 was mined and sunk on 26 June 1918. A crew member was Rudolf Finkler from Oberlinxweiler, Kreis St. Wendel, Germany. According to his death record the boat went down in the North Sea near Harwich, abt. 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) north east of Funk Feuerschiff on position 51°55′N 1°41′E / 51.917°N 1.683°E / 51.917; 1.683.

A German Type UC I submarine, UC-11 had a displacement of 168 tonnes (165 long tons) when at the surface and 182 tonnes (179 long tons) while submerged. She had a length overall of 33.99 m (111 ft 6 in), a beam of 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.06 m (10 ft). The submarine was powered by one Benz six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine producing 80 metric horsepower (59 kW; 79 shp), an electric motor producing 175 metric horsepower (129 kW; 173 shp), and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft).

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