SM UC-65
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-65.
SM UC-65 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 8 July 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 7 November 1916 as SM UC-65.[Note 1] In eleven patrols UC-65 was credited with sinking 106 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-65 was torpedoed and sunk by HMS C15 on 3 November 1917.[1][7]
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Name | UC-65 |
Ordered | 12 January 1916[1] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
Yard number | 281[1] |
Launched | 8 July 1916[1] |
Commissioned | 7 November 1916[1] |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by HMS C15 on 3 November 1917[1] |
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Class and type | German Type UC II submarine |
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Draught | 3.64 m (11 ft 11 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: | 11 patrols |
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