SM U-43 (Germany)
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Name: | U-43 |
Ordered: | 10 July 1913 |
Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Launched: | 26 September 1914 |
Commissioned: | 30 April 1915 |
Fate: | 20 November - Surrendered. Scrapped. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class & type: | Type U-43 submarine |
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Length: | 65 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
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Height: | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Draught: | 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) |
Installed power: | |
Propulsion: | 2 shafts |
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Range: |
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Test depth: | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement: | 36 |
Armament: |
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Service record[3] | |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | 11 patrols |
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SM U-43 was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She engaged in commerce warfare in the First Battle of the Atlantic, performing 11 patrols from 1915-1918.
Summary of raiding career
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[4] |
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21 March 1916 | Aranmore | ![]() |
1,050 | Sunk |
24 March 1916 | Englishman | ![]() |
5,257 | Sunk |
26 September 1916 | Dania | ![]() |
862 | Sunk |
26 September 1916 | Knut Hilde | ![]() |
1,632 | Sunk |
28 September 1916 | Rolf Jarl | ![]() |
1,265 | Sunk |
29 September 1916 | Knut Jarl | ![]() |
1,070 | Sunk |
29 September 1916 | Nesjar | ![]() |
1,609 | Sunk |
30 September 1916 | Fancy | ![]() |
1,612 | Sunk |
3 October 1916 | J. Y. Short | ![]() |
2,193 | Sunk |
3 October 1916 | Tourgai | ![]() |
4,281 | Sunk |
10 October 1916 | Gardepee | ![]() |
1,633 | Sunk |
11 October 1916 | Bistritza | ![]() |
3,688 | Sunk |
17 October 1916 | Edam | ![]() |
2,381 | Sunk |
22 January 1917 | Duc D’aumale | ![]() |
2,189 | Sunk |
23 January 1917 | Jevington | ![]() |
2,747 | Sunk |
23 January 1917 | Donstad | ![]() |
699 | Sunk |
28 January 1917 | Foz Do Douro | ![]() |
1,677 | Sunk |
28 January 1917 | Fulton | ![]() |
1,034 | Sunk |
31 January 1917 | Rigel | ![]() |
2,671 | Sunk |
3 February 1917 | Hollinside | ![]() |
2,862 | Sunk |
3 February 1917 | Songelv | ![]() |
2,064 | Sunk |
3 February 1917 | Wasdale | ![]() |
1,856 | Sunk |
4 February 1917 | Turino | ![]() |
4,241 | Sunk |
9 February 1917 | Famiglia | ![]() |
2,942 | Sunk |
16 April 1917 | Anne | ![]() |
240 | Sunk |
16 April 1917 | Endymion | ![]() |
1,345 | Sunk |
16 April 1917 | Towergate | ![]() |
3,697 | Sunk |
20 April 1917 | August | ![]() |
1,596 | Sunk |
20 April 1917 | San Hilario | ![]() |
10,157 | Sunk |
22 April 1917 | Woodward Abrahams | ![]() |
744 | Sunk |
24 April 1917 | Cordelia | ![]() |
613 | Sunk |
25 April 1917 | Abosso | ![]() |
7,782 | Sunk |
26 April 1917 | Ehrglis | ![]() |
238 | Sunk |
26 April 1917 | Hektoria | ![]() |
5,002 | Sunk |
3 May 1917 | Emma | ![]() |
183 | Captured as a prize |
3 May 1917 | Concordia | ![]() |
173 | Captured as a prize |
4 June 1917 | Juno | ![]() |
1,169 | Sunk |
10 June 1917 | Haulwen | ![]() |
4,032 | Sunk |
11 June 1917 | Teviotdale | ![]() |
3,847 | Sunk |
19 June 1917 | Tunisie | ![]() |
3,246 | Sunk |
18 September 1917 | Glenfoyle | ![]() |
1,680 | Sunk |
28 December 1917 | Magellan | ![]() |
6,265 | Sunk |
27 July 1918 | Subadar | ![]() |
4,911 | Sunk |
3 August 1918 | Maceio | ![]() |
3,739 | Sunk |
3 August 1918 | Vouga | ![]() |
96 | Sunk |
15 October 1918 | Bretagne | ![]() |
316 | Sunk |
19 October 1918 | Aida | ![]() |
93 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, p. 33-34.
- ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. "U-Boats (1905-18)", in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, "(Phoebus Publishing, 1978), Volume 23, p.2534.
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Bibliography
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External References
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