SM UC-17
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-17.
SM UC-17 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was ordered on 29 August 1915 and launched on 29 February 1916. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 21 July 1916 as SM UC-17.[Note 1]
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Name | UC-17 |
Ordered | 29 August 1915[1] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
Yard number | 267[1] |
Launched | 29 February 1916[1] |
Commissioned | 21 July 1916[1] |
Fate | Surrendered, 26 November 1918; broken up, 1919–20[1] |
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Class and type | German Type UC II submarine |
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Draught | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 26 |
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Notes | 35-second diving time |
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Operations: | 21 patrols |
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In 21 patrols UC-17 was credited with sinking 96 ships by either torpedo or laying mines. They included the Royal Fleet Auxiliary munitions ship RFA Lady Cory-Wright, which she torpedoed and sank in the English Channel on 26 March 1918.