SM UC-52

SM UC-52 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 23 January 1917. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 15 March 1917 as SM UC-52. In 7 patrols UC-52 was credited with sinking 17 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. She notably destroyed the battleship Suffren when one of her torpedoes hit an ammunition magazine. UC-52 was surrendered on 16 January 1919 and broken up at Morecambe.