SM UC-67 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 12 January 1916 and was launched on 6 August 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 10 December 1916 as SM UC-67.[1] In eleven patrols UC-67 was credited with sinking 54 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-67 was surrendered on 16 January 1919 and broken up at Brighton Ferry in 1919 – 20.
A Type UC II submarine, UC-67 had a displacement of 427t when at the surface and 508t while submerged. She had a length overall of 50.35m (165.19feet), a beam of 5.22m (17.13feet), and a draught of 3.64m (11.94feet). The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing 300PS (a total of 600PS), two electric motors producing 620PS, and two propeller shafts. She had a dive time of 48 seconds and was capable of operating at a depth of .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of . When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . UC-67 was fitted with six mine tubes, eighteen UC 200 mines, three torpedo tubes (one on the stern and two on the bow), seven torpedoes, and one 8.8sp=usNaNsp=us Uk L/30 deck gun. Her complement was twenty-six crew members.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[2] | Fate[3] | |
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17 March 1917 | Primeira Flor D’Abril | Portugal | 20 | Sunk | |
17 March 1917 | Restaurador | Portugal | 25 | Sunk | |
17 March 1917 | Rita Segunda | Portugal | 27 | Sunk | |
17 March 1917 | Senhora Do Rosario | Portugal | 22 | Sunk | |
18 March 1917 | Victoria | Sweden | 1,226 | Sunk | |
25 March 1917 | Queen Eugenie | United Kingdom | 4,359 | Sunk | |
26 April 1917 | Chertsey | United Kingdom | 3,264 | Sunk | |
27 April 1917 | Glencluny | United Kingdom | 4,812 | Sunk | |
27 April 1917 | Karuma | United Kingdom | 2,995 | Sunk | |
23 May 1917 | Elmmoor | United Kingdom | 3,744 | Sunk | |
26 May 1917 | 8,271 | Sunk | |||
14 June 1917 | Lowther Castle | United Kingdom | 4,439 | Damaged | |
30 June 1917 | Il Nuovo Gasperino Gabriele | 35 | Sunk | ||
1 July 1917 | Angela Madre | 81 | Sunk | ||
1 July 1917 | Miltiades Embiricos | Greece | 3,448 | Sunk | |
3 July 1917 | City of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 3,788 | Sunk | |
7 July 1917 | Milano | 143 | Sunk | ||
7 July 1917 | Southina | United Kingdom | 3,506 | Sunk | |
12 July 1917 | Francesco | 151 | Sunk | ||
12 July 1917 | Leonardo G. | 51 | Sunk | ||
14 August 1917 | Lombardo | 3,029 | Sunk | ||
17 August 1917 | Madeleine III | 149 | Damaged | ||
18 August 1917 | Politania | United Kingdom | 3,133 | Sunk | |
21 August 1917 | Goodwood | United Kingdom | 3,086 | Sunk | |
23 August 1917 | Fratelli Danieli | France | 94 | Sunk | |
4 October 1917 | Stella | 216 | Sunk | ||
11 November 1917 | Southgate | United Kingdom | 3,661 | Damaged | |
25 November 1917 | Iniziativa | 24 | Sunk | ||
1 December 1917 | Phoebus | Unknown | Sunk | ||
2 December 1917 | La Rance | France | 2,610 | Sunk | |
3 December 1917 | Carmen | 5,479 | Sunk | ||
5 December 1917 | Greenwich | United Kingdom | 2,938 | Sunk | |
8 December 1917 | La Vittoria | 53 | Sunk | ||
20 January 1918 | Faustina B. | 105 | Sunk | ||
23 January 1918 | Kerbihan | 195 | Sunk | ||
23 January 1918 | La Drome | 3,236 | Sunk | ||
24 January 1918 | 1,160 | Sunk | |||
26 January 1918 | Ministro Iriondo | Argentina | 1,753 | Sunk | |
27 January 1918 | Attilio | 210 | Sunk | ||
28 January 1918 | Urania | 373 | Sunk | ||
29 January 1918 | Giuseppe B. | 39 | Sunk | ||
29 January 1918 | Maria S.S. Del Paradiso | 114 | Sunk | ||
10 February 1918 | Romford | United Kingdom | 3,035 | Sunk | |
9 March 1918 | Jolanda | 187 | Sunk | ||
9 March 1918 | Pasqualina | 80 | Sunk | ||
11 March 1918 | Tripoli | 824 | Sunk | ||
14 March 1918 | Jeanne | France | 145 | Sunk | |
15 March 1918 | Armonia | Canada | 5,226 | Sunk | |
20 March 1918 | Matteo Renato Imbriani | 5,882 | Sunk | ||
22 March 1918 | S. Giuseppe C. | 53 | Sunk | ||
24 March 1918 | 834 | Sunk | |||
25 March 1918 | Francesco Antonio Aiello | 44 | Sunk | ||
25 March 1918 | L’iniziatore | 47 | Sunk | ||
26 March 1918 | Elisabetha | 45 | Sunk | ||
6 July 1918 | Bertrand | United Kingdom | 3,613 | Sunk | |
7 September 1918 | Bellbank | United Kingdom | 3,250 | Sunk | |
16 September 1918 | G. Voyazides | Greece | 3,040 | Sunk |