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| History |
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| German Empire |
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| Name | UC-6 |
| Ordered | November 1914 |
| Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Yard number | 50 |
| Launched | 20 June 1915 |
| Commissioned | 24 June 1915 |
| Fate | Sunk by mine, 27 September 1917 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type | Type UC I submarine |
| Displacement |
- 168 t (165 long tons), surfaced
- 183 t (180 long tons), submerged
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| Length | |
| Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 3.04 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
- 6.20 knots (11.48 km/h; 7.13 mph), surfaced
- 5.22 knots (9.67 km/h; 6.01 mph), submerged
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| Range |
- 780 nmi (1,440 km; 900 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced
- 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
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| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 14 |
| Armament | |
| Service record |
| Part of: |
- Flandern Flotilla
- 31 July 1915 – 27 September 1917
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| Commanders: |
- Oblt.z.S. Matthias Graf von Schmettow
- 24 June 1915 – 4 May 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Otto Ehrentraut
- 5 May – 5 September 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Paul Günther
- 6 September – 4 November 1916
- Oblt.z.S. Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti
- 5 November 1916 – 30 April 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Werner Löwe
- 1 May – 1 September 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Gottfried Reichenbach
- 2 – 27 September 1917
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| Operations: |
89 patrols |
| Victories: |
- 35 merchant ships sunk
(59,125 GRT + Unknown GRT)
- 1 warship sunk
(810 tons)
- 19 auxiliary warships sunk
(4,194 GRT)
- 7 merchant ships damaged
(32,726 GRT)
- 1 warship damaged
(810 tons)
- 1 auxiliary warship damaged
(378 GRT)
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SM UC-6 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 20 June 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 24 June 1915 as SM UC-6. Mines laid by UC-6 in her 89 patrols were credited with sinking 55 ships.