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- Design
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{{other ships|German submarine U-72}}{{Infobox ship imageShip image= | Ship caption= }}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=German Empire | German Empire|naval}} | Ship name=UC-72 | Ship ordered=12 January 1916[1] | Ship builder=Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] | Ship yard number=288[1] | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=12 August 1916[1] | Ship commissioned=5 December 1916[1] | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship fate=mined in August 1917[1] | Ship notes= }}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Gröner|1991|pp=31-32}} | Ship class=German Type UC II submarine | Ship displacement=- {{convert|427|t|LT|abbr=on}}, surfaced
- {{convert|508|t|LT|abbr=on}}, submerged
| Ship length=- {{convert|50.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
- {{convert|40.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} pressure hull
| Ship beam=- {{convert|5.22|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
- {{convert|3.65|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} pressure hull
| 3.64|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=- 2 × propeller shafts
- 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, {{convert|600|PS|kW shp|abbr=on}}
- 2 × electric motors, {{convert|620|PS|kW shp|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed=- {{convert|12.0|kn}}, surfaced
- {{convert|7.4|kn}}, submerged
| Ship range=- {{convert|10,420|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|7|kn}} surfaced
- {{convert|52|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} submerged
| 50|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=26 | Ship armament=- 6 × {{convert|100|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} mine tubes
- 18 × UC 200 mines
- 3 × {{convert|50|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern)
- 7 × torpedoes
- 1 × {{convert|8.8|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} Uk L/30 deck gun|Ship notes=35-second diving time}}
{{Infobox service record | is_ship=yes | is_multi=yes | partof=*Flandern Flotilla- 17 February – 25 August 1917
| commanders=*Oblt.z.S. Ernst Voigt[3]- 5 December 1916 – 25 August 1917
| operations=8 patrols | victories=- 41 merchant ships sunk ({{GRT|58,921}})
- 2 merchant ship damaged ({{GRT|1,529}})
}} | SM UC-72 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy ({{lang-de|Kaiserliche Marine}}) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 12 August 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 5 December 1916 as SM UC-72.[4] In eight patrols UC-72 was credited with sinking 38 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-72 disappeared after 21 August 1917.[1]The wreck of UC-72 was identified by marine archaeologist Innes McCartney off Dover in 2013.[5] The wreck seems to have fallen victim to a mine while inbound from patrol. DesignA German Type UC II submarine, UC-72 had a displacement of {{convert|427|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|508|t|LT}} while submerged. She had a length overall of {{convert|50.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|5.22|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|3.64|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing {{convert|300|PS|kW shp}} (a total of {{convert|600|PS|kW shp}}), two electric motors producing {{convert|620|PS|kW shp}}, and two propeller shafts. She had a dive time of 48 seconds and was capable of operating at a depth of {{convert|50|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=31-32}} The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|12|kn}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|7.4|kn}}. When submerged, she could operate for {{convert|52|nmi}} at {{convert|4|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|10420|nmi}} at {{convert|7|kn}}. UC-72 was fitted with six {{convert|100|cm}} mine tubes, eighteen UC 200 mines, three {{convert|50|cm}} torpedo tubes (one on the stern and two on the bow), seven torpedoes, and one {{convert|8.8|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} Uk L/30 deck gun. Her complement was twenty-six crew members.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=31-32}} Summary of raiding historyDate | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[6] | Fate[7] |
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13 March 1917 | Reward | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 172 | Sunk | 24 March 1917 | HMT Kings Grey | {{navy|United Kingdom}} | 338 | Damaged | 1 April 1917 | Eastern Belle | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 97 | Sunk | 26 April 1917 | Plantin | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 84 | Sunk | 27 April 1917 | Good Hope | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 89 | Sunk | 29 April 1917 | Bayonnais | {{flag|France}} | 20 | Sunk | 29 April 1917 | Eugenie Et Lucie | {{flag|France}} | 34 | Sunk | 29 April 1917 | Frere Des Cinq Soeurs | {{flag|France}} | 20 | Sunk | 29 April 1917 | Petit Ernest | {{flag|France}} | 20 | Sunk | 1 May 1917 | Acacia | {{flag|France}} | 9 | Sunk | 1 May 1917 | Antigone | {{flag|France}} | 15 | Sunk | 1 May 1917 | Camille Amelie | {{flag|France}} | 21 | Sunk | 2 May 1917 | Cancalais | {{flag|France}} | 231 | Sunk | 2 May 1917 | Keryado | {{flag|France}} | 175 | Sunk | 2 May 1917 | Victoire | {{flag|France}} | 290 | Sunk | 2 May 1917 | Russie | {{flag|France}} | 127 | Sunk | 2 May 1917 | Yvonne | {{flag|France}} | 97 | Sunk | 4 May 1917 | Mamelena IX | {{flag|Spain}} | 115 | Sunk | 4 May 1917 | Mamelena XII | {{flag|Spain}} | 111 | Sunk | 4 May 1917 | Marne II | {{flag|France}} | 250 | Sunk | 4 May 1917 | Verdun | {{flag|France}} | 250 | Sunk | 5 May 1917 | Nydal | {{flag|Norway}} | 1,809 | Sunk | 6 May 1917 | Francesco | {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | 3,438 | Sunk | 28 May 1917 | Detlef Wagner | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 225 | Sunk | 2 June 1917 | Ereaga | {{flag|Spain}} | 2,233 | Sunk | 2 June 1917 | Skarpsno | {{flag|Norway}} | 1,766 | Sunk | 2 June 1917 | St. Sunniva | {{flag|Norway}} | 1,140 | Sunk | 3 June 1917 | Rosario | {{flag|Uruguay}} | 1,565 | Sunk | 6 June 1917 | Saint Eloi | {{flag|France}} | 1,993 | Sunk | 8 June 1917 | Sequana | {{navy|France}} | 5,557 | Sunk | 3 July 1917 | Henrik | {{flag|Norway}} | 3,928 | Sunk | 7 July 1917 | Massapequa | {{flag|United States|1912}} | 3,193 | Sunk | 8 July 1917 | Cambronne | {{flag|France}} | 1,863 | Sunk | 8 July 1917 | M. I. Mandal | {{flag|Denmark}} | 1,886 | Sunk | 8 July 1917 | Mary W. Bowen | {{flag|United States|1912}} | 2,153 | Sunk | 9 July 1917 | Ceres | {{flag|France}} | 296 | Sunk | 11 July 1917 | Anglo-Patagonian | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,017 | Sunk | 15 July 1917 | Trelissick | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,168 | Sunk | 16 August 1917 | {{SS|Delphic|1897|2}} | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 8,273 | Sunk | 17 August 1917 | Meuse II | {{flag|France}} | 5,270 | Sunk | 19 August 1917 | {{HMS|Penshurst | 2} | {{navy|United Kingdom}} | 1,191 | Damaged | 21 August 1917 | HS 4 | {{flag|United Kingdom|government}} | 121 | Sunk | 21 August 1917 | RB 6 | {{flag|United Kingdom|government}} | 800 | Sunk |
ReferencesNotes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite Uboat.net|name=UC 72|id=UC+72 |type=1sub|accessdate=23 February 2009}} 2. ^Tarrant, p. 173. 3. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=377|name=Ernst Voigt (Royal House order of Hohenzollern)|type=1comm|accessdate=4 March 2015}} 4. ^"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{lang-en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine. 5. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.321740237966562.1073741836.133017106838877&type=3 | title = The Identification of UC72 }} 6. ^Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement. 7. ^{{cite Uboat.net|id=uc72|name=UC 72|type=1boat|accessdate=4 March 2015}}
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