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Class M 1 |
Boats in this Class M 1 |
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Class M 1 |
Boats in this Class M 1 |
M 1
| Boat | M 1 |
| Yard # | Werk 52 |
| Type | Small minelayer |
| Class name | German navy: UC I. "U" stands for "Unterseeboot"
(submarine) Dutch navy: M 1. "M" stands for Mijnenlegger (minelayer) |
| Ordered | 23 Nov 1914 |
| Laid down | 1915 |
| Launched | 6 July 1915 |
| Commissioned | German navy: 15 July 1915 (the date 5 July 1915,
which is often reported, is probably incorrect) Dutch navy: 30 Jan 1917 (sold to Dutch navy) Dutch navy: 13 Mar 1917 (commissioned) |
| Decommissioned | 1931 |
| Fate | 1931 Discarded |
| Other names | German navy: UC 8 |
| Design | German Werner type |
| Shipyard | A.G. Vulkan, Hamburg, Germany |
| Le x Be x Dr | 34 m x 3.19 m x 3.01 m (3.50 is alo being reported) |
| Displ. surf/subm | 171 t / 187.6 t (180/191 t is also being reported) |
| Engine | One Daimler heavy oil engine, 4 stroke, 90 apk. |
| Main motor | One motor/gen, 175 apk |
| Batteries | 112 cells, 4000 Ah during 3 hours |
| Fuel | 3 tons |
| Propellers | 1 |
| Speed surf/subm | 6.25 kts / 5.25 kts. 7.5 kts burst speed with electric motor on the surface. |
| Range surf/subm | 850 nm or 1050 at 5 kts / 50 nm at 4 kts. 5 kts for one hour submerged, and 50 nm at 2.5 kts submerged is alo being reported. |
| Diving depth | 50 m |
| Diving time | 23 - 35 seconds?? |
| Complement | 15 |
| Torpedo tubes | none |
| Mine shafts | 6 vertical shafts near the bow.. |
| Armament | 12 mines |
| Guns | 1 machine gun nr. 3 (possibly 6.5 mm Madsen) |
| Periscope | 1 Zeiss, in 1917 exchanged with the periscope of O 8 |
| Notes | Drop keel. Single-hull type with two internal main ballast tanks. Heavy oil engine had a lesser amount of horsepower than the electric motor. |
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