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'''SM U-43''' was one of 329 [[submarine]]s serving in the [[Imperial German Navy]] in [[World War I]]. She engaged in [[Naval warfare of World War I|commerce warfare]] in the [[First Battle of the Atlantic]], performing 11 patrols from 1915-1918.
 
'''SM U-43''' was one of 329 [[submarine]]s serving in the [[Imperial German Navy]] in [[World War I]]. She engaged in [[Naval warfare of World War I|commerce warfare]] in the [[First Battle of the Atlantic]], performing 11 patrols from 1915-1918.

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SM U-43 (Germany)
Career (German Empire) War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918
Name: U-43
Ordered: 10 July 1913
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Launched: 26 September 1914
Commissioned: 30 April 1915
Fate: 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Scrapped.
General characteristics
Type: Type U-43 submarine
Displacement: 725 tons (surfaced)
940 tons (submerged)
1,059 tons (total)
Length: 65 m (213 ft) (oa
52.51 m (172.3 ft) (pressure hull)
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft) (oa)
4.18 m (13.7 ft) (pressure hull)
Height: 8.7 m (29 ft)
Draught: 3.74 m (12.3 ft)
Installed power: Surfaced: 2400 hp
Submerged: 1200 hp
Speed: •17.1 kn (31.7 km/h; 19.7 mph)surfaced
•9.1 kn (16.9 km/h; 10.5 mph) submerged
Range: •9,400 nmi (17,400 km; 10,800 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
•55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement: 36
Armament: •4 x 50 cm (19.7 in)[1] torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern; 6 torpedoes)
•1 x 88 mm (3.5 in) deck gun with 276 rounds

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.

Notes

  1. Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. "U-Boats (1905-18)", in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, "(Phoebus Publishing, 1978), Volume 23, p.2534.

External References

http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/successes/u43.html


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