SM UC-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.
In 21 patrols UC-17 was credited with sinking 97 ships by either torpedo or laying mines. They included the Royal Fleet Auxiliary munitions ship, which she torpedoed and sank in the English Channel on 26 March 1918.

Design

Like all pre-UC-25 German Type UC II submarines, UC-17 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of overall, a beam of, and a draught of. The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing , two electric motors producing, and two propeller shafts. She had a dive time of 35 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-17 was fitted with six mine tubes, eighteen UC 200 mines, three torpedo tubes, seven torpedoes, and one Uk L/30 deck gun. Her complement was twenty-six crew members.

Fate

UC-17 was surrendered on 26 November 1918 and broken up at Preston in 1919–20.

Summary of raiding history