1. Design

2. Loss

3. Summary of raiding history

4. References
    Notes  Citations  Bibliography 

Design

A German Type UC I submarine, UC-15 had a displacement of {{convert|168|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|182|t|LT}} while submerged. She had a length overall of {{convert|33.99|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|3.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|3.06|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by one Benz six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine producing {{convert|80|PS|kW shp}}, an electric motor producing {{convert|175|PS|kW shp}}, and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at depths of up to {{convert|50|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=30-31}}

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|6.49|kn}} and a maximum submerged speed of {{convert|5.67|kn}}. When submerged, she could operate for {{convert|50|nmi}} at {{convert|4|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|910|nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn}}. UC-15 was fitted with six {{convert|100|cm}} mine tubes, twelve UC 120 mines, and one {{convert|8|mm|in}} machine gun. She was built by AG Weser Bremen and her complement was fourteen crew members.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=30-31}}

Loss

After completion, UC-15 joined the Constantinople Flotilla and became the Flotilla's only minelaying submarine^[6] in November 1915, after her sister ship UC-13 was accidentally grounded and subsequently destroyed by her crew. In November 1916, UC-15 was sent on a minelaying mission off the Romanian port of Sulina and never returned, being sunk by her own mines.^[7][8] This was probably caused by an encounter with the Romanian torpedo boat Smeul, whose captain surprised a German submarine near Sulina in November 1916, the latter reportedly never returning to her base at Varna. This could only be UC-15, whose systems most likely malfunctioned after being forced to submerge in the shallow waters, upon encountering the Romanian torpedo boat.^[9]

Summary of raiding history

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

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• {{cite book | last = Gardiner | first = Robert, ed. |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921 | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year = 1985 | isbn = 978-0-87021-907-8 | oclc = 12119866 }}
• {{cite book | last = Tarrant | first = V. E. |title=The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945 | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year = 1989 | isbn = 978-0-87021-764-7 | oclc = 20338385 }}

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