Engineering:Type UE I submarine

Short description: Class of German submarines

Class overview
Builders:	AG Vulkan, Hamburg; Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Operators:	Germany Navy
Preceded by:	Type U 66
Succeeded by:	Type U 81
Completed:	10
Lost:	7
General characteristics
Displacement:	755 tonnes (743 long tons) surfaced 832 tonnes (819 long tons) submerged
Length:	56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) (o/a) 46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Beam:	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) (o/a) 5 m (16 ft 5 in) (pressure hull)
Height:	8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught:	4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	900 hp (670 kW) surfaced 660 kW (890 hp) submerged
Speed:	10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph) surfaced 7.9 knots (14.6 km/h; 9.1 mph) submerged
Range:	7,880 nmi (14,590 km; 9,070 mi) at 7 kn surfaced 83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 kn submerged
Complement:	32 men
Armament:	One 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes forward and one 50 cm torpedo tubes aft plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 or 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 deck gun two minelaying tubes for 38 mines

The German Type UE I submarine was an ocean-going single-hull submarine with saddle tanks built by AG Vulkan in Hamburg and Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. The Type UE I was equipped with two six-cylinder Benz engines for 900 horsepower (670 kW) for a surface top speed of 9.6 knots (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) to 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph). Armed with a single torpedo tube forward and aft, plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun (U-72 received a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 gun in 1917), its main weapon were the 38 mines in two minelaying tubes. The boats were crewed by four officers and 28 men for a complement of 32.

List of Type UE I submarines

Boat	Fate
	surrendered 1919, scrapped
	scuttled 1 November 1918 at Cattaro
	scuttled 30 October 1918 off Pula
	sunk 27 May 1916 in the North Sea
	sunk by mine 13 December 1917 in the North Sea
	sunk 27 January 1917 in the Arctic Ocean
	lost after 5 July 1916 in the North Sea
	sunk 28 October 1918 in the North Sea
	surrendered November 1918, became French submarine Victor Reveille, scrapped 1935
	surrendered January 1919, scrapped

References

• Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.