SM UC-38

History
German Empire
Class and type:	German Type UC II submarine
Name:	UC-38
Ordered:	20 November 1915
Builder:	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number:	279
Launched:	25 June 1916
Commissioned:	26 October 1916
Fate:	depth charged, 14 December 1917
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type UC II submarine
Displacement:	427 t (420 long tons), surfaced 509 t (501 long tons), submerged
Length:	50.35 m (165 ft 2 in) o/a 40.30 m (132 ft 3 in) pressure hull
Beam:	5.22 m (17 ft 2 in) o/a 3.65 m (12 ft) pressure hull
Draught:	3.65 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 600 PS (440 kW; 590 shp) 2 × electric motors, 460 PS (340 kW; 450 shp)
Speed:	11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph), surfaced 6.8 knots (12.6 km/h; 7.8 mph), submerged
Range:	10,180 nmi (18,850 km; 11,710 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced 54 nmi (100 km; 62 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	26
Armament:	6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) Uk L/30deck gun
Notes:	35-second diving time
Service record
Part of:	Pola Flotilla 23 January – 14 December 1917
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Albrecht von Dewitz 19–29 October 1917 Oblt.z.S. Alfred Klatt 29 October 1916 – 4 August 1917 Oblt.z.S. Hans Hermann Wendlandt 5 August – 14 December 1917
Operations:	9 patrols
Victories:	37 merchant ships sunk (50,671 GRT) 3 merchant ships damaged (13,352 GRT) 6 warships sunk (11,637 tons)

SM UC-38 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 20 November 1915 and was launched on 25 June 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 26 October 1916 as SM UC-38. In nine patrols UC-38 was credited with sinking 43 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid.

On 14 December 1917, by 38°15′N 20°22′E / 38.250°N 20.367°E / 38.250; 20.367Coordinates: 38°15′N 20°22′E / 38.250°N 20.367°E / 38.250; 20.367, under Hans Hermann Wendlandt,UC-38 met a French convoy comprising the fast cruiser Chateaurenault, serving as a troopship, and her escorts Mameluk, Rouen and Lansquenet.UC-38 approached and fired one torpedo on Chateaurenault, which was hit in her middle section at 6:47. UC-38 dived at 38 metres, while the Mameluk and Rouen rushed to the launching position of the torpedo, and Lansquenet started picking up people thrown overboard by the explosion. Chateaurenault requested her escorts to close in and evacuate personnel, which was completed by 07:26. The trawler Balsamine came to the rescue and made attempts to take Chateaurenault in tow.

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