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==Service==
==Service==
She was sunk off the west coast of Scotland on 29 September, 1917 by the {{UK-Tirade|f=t}} and other convoy escorts after suffering a diving misadventure which left her leaking and unfit to submerge.
She was sunk just south of Lerwick on 29 September, 1917 by the {{UK-Tirade|f=t}} and other convoy escorts after suffering a diving misadventure during a minelaying operation which left her leaking and unfit to submerge.
 
In 2023, her wreck was identified by divers, lying 8 miles southeast of Lerwick.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66302352.amp BBC News].</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{OberLeut}} [[Ruehle  von Lilienstern]], in command at the time of her loss.<ref>Williams, M. W. ''HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55'' in ''Warship 1997-1998'', p. 155.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{OberLeut}}|name=Horst Rühle von Lilienstern|nick=Horst R. von Lilienstern|end=29 September, 1917<ref>Williams, M. W. ''HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55'' in ''Warship 1997-1998'', p. 155.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [https://uboat.net/wwi/boats/?boat=UC+55 uboat.net page on the boat]{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_UC-55}}
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Latest revision as of 02:04, 26 July 2023

S.M.S. UC 55 (1916)
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig[1]
Ordered: 12 1 16[2]
Laid down: 25 Feb, 1916[3]
Launched: 2 Aug, 1916[4]
Commissioned: 15 Nov, 1916[5]
Sunk: 29 Sep, 1917[6]
Fate: by Tirade

S.M.S. UC 55 was one of 64 submarines of the UC II class.

Service

She was sunk just south of Lerwick on 29 September, 1917 by the destroyer Tirade and other convoy escorts after suffering a diving misadventure during a minelaying operation which left her leaking and unfit to submerge.

In 2023, her wreck was identified by divers, lying 8 miles southeast of Lerwick.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 182.
  2. ↑ Uboat.net
  3. ↑ Uboat.net
  4. ↑ Uboat.net
  5. ↑ Uboat.net
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 182.
  7. ↑ BBC News.
  8. ↑ Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 155.

Bibliography

  • Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998


UC II Type Submarine
Blohm & Voss Boats
UC 16 UC 17 UC 18 UC 19 UC 20
UC 21 UC 22 UC 23 UC 24 UC 34
UC 35 UC 36 UC 37 UC 38 UC 39
UC 65 UC 66 UC 67 UC 68 UC 69
  UC 70 UC 71 UC 72 UC 73  
Vulcan Boats
UC 25 UC 26 UC 27 UC 28 UC 29
UC 30 UC 31 UC 32 UC 33 UC 40
UC 41 UC 42 UC 43 UC 44 UC 45
  UC 74 UC 75 UC 76  
  UC 77 UC 78 UC 79  
A. G. Weser Boats
UC 46 UC 47 UC 48 UC 61 UC 62
  UC 63 UC 64  
Germaniawerft Boats
  UC 49 UC 50 UC 51  
  UC 52 UC 53 UC 54  
Danzig Boats
  UC 55 UC 56 UC 57  
  UC 58 UC 59 UC 60  
<– U 51 Class Submarines (DE) U 63 Class –>
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