Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p SM UC-21 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 26 August 1915 and was launched on 1 April 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 12 September 1916 as SM UC-21.In 11 patrols UC-21 was credited with sinking 100 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. They included the British hospital ship Donegal, which UC-21 torpedoed in the English Channel on 17 April 1917, killing 29 already wounded soldiers and 12 crew.UC-21 disappeared after departing Zeebrugge for the Bay of Biscay on 13 September 1917.In July 2013 archaeologists found the wrecks of 44 submarines, including UC-21, off the southern and eastern coasts of Britain, near the county of Suffolk. Most were from the Imperial German Navy from World War I. Der Spiegel reported divers found 41 German U-boats, and three Royal Navy submarines, at depths of up to 50 feet (15 m).. }
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- SM_UC-21 abstract "SM UC-21 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 26 August 1915 and was launched on 1 April 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 12 September 1916 as SM UC-21.In 11 patrols UC-21 was credited with sinking 100 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. They included the British hospital ship Donegal, which UC-21 torpedoed in the English Channel on 17 April 1917, killing 29 already wounded soldiers and 12 crew.UC-21 disappeared after departing Zeebrugge for the Bay of Biscay on 13 September 1917.In July 2013 archaeologists found the wrecks of 44 submarines, including UC-21, off the southern and eastern coasts of Britain, near the county of Suffolk. Most were from the Imperial German Navy from World War I. Der Spiegel reported divers found 41 German U-boats, and three Royal Navy submarines, at depths of up to 50 feet (15 m).".