SM (His Majesty) UC 2 was a diesel-electric submarine of the type UC I (Project 34) of the German Imperial Navy , which was used in the First World War . It belonged to the UC 1 series , the first class of submarines in Germany specially designed as a mine -layer. UC 2 was lost during its second patrol on July 2, 1915.
UC 2 was built by the Hamburger Vulkanwerft . The boat with the hull number 46 was there on May 12, 1915 from the stack . Just five days later, on May 17, 1915, UC 2 was put into service. First and only in command was First Lieutenant Karl Mey. Like most boats in its class was UC 2 of the U-flotilla Flanders as part of the Naval Corps subordinated and came from Zeebrugge from used.
On his second patrol went UC 2 on 2 July 1915 at the sea area off Great Yarmouth in position 52 ° 28 ' N , 1 ° 48' O lost. The submerged boat was rammed by the steamship Cottingham and then searched with trawls . At about 9:40 p.m., a mine laid by UC 2 exploded . The following day, the wreck of the boat was discovered by a British diver. It remained unclear whether UC 2 was only sunk by the Cottingham ramming or had previously run into its own mine and was already destroyed. When UC 2 went down , the entire 15-man crew died. During its two outings, the boat had been unsuccessful.
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The wreck of UC 2 was lifted by the British during 1915. As a result, it was put on public display on the Thames and various other locations and eventually scrapped.
literature
Gröner, Erich / Dieter Jung / Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945 . tape3 : U-boats, auxiliary cruisers, mine ships, net layers and barrier breakers . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1985, ISBN 3-7637-4802-4 .
Herzog, Bodo: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 (Licensed edition by Bernard & Graefe Verlag Bonn).
Kemp, Paul: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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