SM UC-114

SM UC-114 was a German Type UC III minelaying submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy during World War I.

Design

A Type UC III submarine, UC-100 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a length overall of, a beam of, and a draught of. The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing, two electric motors producing, and two propeller shafts. She had a dive time of 15 seconds and was capable of operating at a depth of.
The submarine was designed for a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of. When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at. UC-100 was fitted with six mine tubes, fourteen UC 200 mines, three torpedo tubes, seven torpedoes, and one SK L/45 or Uk L/30 deck gun. Her complement was twenty-six crew members.

Construction and career

The U-boat was launched on 11 August 1918 and completed on 1 February 1919. Because UC-114 was finished after the end of fighting, she was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy; had she been so commissioned, she would have been named SM UC-114. UC-114 was awarded to the United Kingdom as a war reparation and broken up in 1921.