SM UC 68

SM UC 68 ( all submarines )
Type :	UC II
Shipyard:	Blohm + Voss , Hamburg
Build number:	January 12, 1916
Launch:	August 12, 1916
Commissioning:	December 17, 1916
Commanders:	Oberleutnant zur See Hans Degetau (December 17, 1916– March 13, 1917)
Flotilla:	U-Flotilla Flanders
Calls:	2
Sinkings:	1
Whereabouts:	Sunk north of Start Point in March 1917 by a mine explosion

SM UC 68 was a submarine of the Imperial Navy of type UC , which in the First World War was used. It served in the Flemish submarine flotilla .

Calls

• 1st company February 14 to February 16, 1917 - transfer to Flanders
• Second venture from March 10, 1917 - to the English Channel to lay mines at Plymouth , Dartmouth and Start Point off the coast of Devon .

Whereabouts

UC 68 left Seebrugge on March 10, 1917, the locks at Plymouth and Dartmouth were successfully relocated. When the mines were laid at the Start Point , one of the mines exploded. UC 68 was characterized with the entire crew at 50 ° 12 '56 "  N , 3 ° 37' 23"  W coordinates: 50 ° 12 '56 "  N , 3 ° 37' 23"  W lost.

Sinking successes

The exact successes of the sinking by the mines are difficult to verify, since no reports from the commanders can directly prove the sinking.

Successful sinking of UC 68
date	Ship name	nationality	tonnage	comment
March 14, 1917	Orsova	United Kingdom	12,036	the ship was damaged and stranded
March 15, 1917	Foyle	Royal Navy	550	28 (29) men of the crew died

literature

• Harald Bendert: The UC boats of the Imperial Navy 1914–1918 . 1st edition. ES Mittler & Sohn GmbH, 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0758-7 .

swell

• Unites States National Archive (NARA) microfilm, KTB UC 68 1916/12 / 17–1917 / 03/10 Roll 109, Item 61989

Web links

• uboat.net: UC 68 accessed on February 23, 2020