SM UC-3 (1916): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

SM UC-3 1916

Marker: recorded wreck position (First World War).

Key facts

Name	SM UC-3	Wikidata label
Year lost	1916	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	U-boat	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	German Empire	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Imperial German Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Nearest coast	Wales	Natural Earth (public domain)
Position	51.5833, -3.1333	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

SM UC-3 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 28 May 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 1 June 1915 as UC-3. Mines laid by UC-3 in her 29 patrols were credited with sinking 22 ships and damaging 2 others. UC-3 was caught in a net, detected by hydrophone, and sunk on 23 April 1916 or mined and sunk on 27 May 1916.

Location

Recorded position: 51.5833, -3.1333 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Nearest coast: Wales

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OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SM UC-3 (revision 1368025677), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.