Type UE I submarine

{{Short description|Class of German submarines}}

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|Builders=AG Vulkan, Hamburg; Kaiserliche Werft Danzig

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|Class before=Type U 66

|Class after=Type U 81

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|Total ships completed=10

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|Total ships lost=7

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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|755|t|LT|lk=on}} surfaced

  • {{convert|832|t|LT}} submergedEncyclopedia of U-boats (2004), London:Greenhill Books, {{ISBN|1-85367-623-3}}, p.32

|Ship length=*{{convert|56.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)

  • {{convert|46.66|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)[http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/?type=UE+1 Type UE 1 UE ocean minelayers class]

|Ship beam=*{{convert|5.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)

  • {{convert|5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)

|Ship height={{convert|8.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|4.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=*{{convert|900|hp|abbr=on}} surfaced

  • {{convert|660|kW|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship speed=*{{convert|10.6|kn}} surfaced

  • {{convert|7.9|kn}} submerged

|Ship range=*{{convert|7880|nmi|abbr=on}} at 7 kn surfaced

  • {{convert|83|nmi|abbr=on}} at 4 kn submerged

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|Ship complement=32 men

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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 {{convert|900|hp}} for a surface top speed of {{convert|9.6|kn}} to {{convert|10.6|kn}}. Armed with a single torpedo tube forward and aft, plus one 8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun deck gun (U-72 received a 10.5 cm SK L/45 naval gun 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.

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|+List of Type UE I submarines

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! Fate

{{SMU|U-712}}

|surrendered 1919, scrapped

{{SMU|U-722}}

|scuttled 1 November 1918 at Cattaro

{{SMU|U-732}}

|scuttled 30 October 1918 off Pula

{{SMU|U-742}}

|sunk 27 May 1916 in the North Sea

{{SMU|U-752}}

|sunk by mine 13 December 1917 in the North Sea

{{SMU|U-762}}

|sunk 27 January 1917 in the Arctic Ocean

{{SMU|U-772}}

|lost after 5 July 1916 in the North Sea

{{SMU|U-782}}

|sunk 28 October 1918 in the North Sea

{{SMU|U-792}}

|surrendered November 1918, became French submarine Victor Reveille, scrapped 1935

{{SMU|U-802}}

|surrendered January 1919, scrapped

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References

  • {{cite book

|last1=Gröner

|first1=Erich

|last2=Jung

|first2=Dieter

|last3=Maass

|first3=Martin

|translator-last1=Thomas

|translator-first1=Keith

|translator-last2=Magowan

|translator-first2=Rachel

|year=1991

|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels

|volume=2

|series=German Warships 1815–1945

|location=London

|publisher=Conway Maritime Press

|isbn=0-85177-593-4

|ref=CITEREFGröner1991

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{{German Type UE I submarines}}

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Category:Submarine classes

Category:German Type UE I submarines

Category:World War I submarines of Germany

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