SM ''UC-45'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was a German Type UC II

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in the

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(german: Kaiserliche Marine) during

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. The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 20 October 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 November 1916 as SM ''UC-45''. In five patrols ''UC-45'' was credited with sinking 12 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. ''UC-45'' sank in a diving accident on 17 September 1917 in the

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. The German salvage vessel raised the wreck and ''UC-45'' re-entered service on 24 October 1918. She was surrendered on 24 November 1918 and broken up at

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in 1919–20.

Design

A Type UC II submarine, ''UC-45'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a

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of , a

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of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing (a total of ), two

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s producing , and two propeller shafts. She had a dive time of 48 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, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''UC-45'' was fitted with six mine tubes, eighteen UC 200 mines, three

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s (one on the stern and two on the bow), seven torpedoes, and one Uk L/30 deck gun. Her complement was twenty-six crew members.

Summary of raiding history

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