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SM ''UC-34'' was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy ((ドイツ語:Kaiserliche Marine)) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 6 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 September 1916 as SM ''UC-34''.〔"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ((英語:His Majesty's)) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''.〕 In nine patrols ''UC-34'' was credited with sinking 21 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. On 30 December 1917 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Horst Obermüller, ''UC-34'' torpedoed the British troop ship off the Port of Alexandria. ''Aragon''s escort, the destroyer , rescued 300 to 400 survivors but then ''UC-34'' torpedoed and sank her was well. Of 2,500 personnel who had been aboard ''Aragon'', 610 were killed.〔〔 ''UC-34'' was scuttled at Pola on 28 October 1918 on the surrender of Austria-Hungary.〔 ==Design== A German Type UC II submarine, ''UC-34'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. It had a total length of , a beam of ,〔 and a draught of .〔 The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing (a total of , two electric motors each producing , and two propeller shafts. It had a dive time of 35 seconds〔 and was capable of operating at a depth of .〔 The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of . When submerged, it could operate for at ; when surfaced, it could travel at .〔 ''UC-34'' was fitted with six mine tubes,〔 eighteen UC 200 mines, three torpedo tubes (one on the stern and two on the bow), seven torpedoes, and one KL/30 deck gun.〔 Its complement was twenty-six crew members.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SM UC-34」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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