German submarine U-32 (1937)

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Career
Pre-war photograph of U-32. Note the boat's number on the conning tower which was erased on the commencement of hostilities
Name:	U-32
Ordered:	1 April 1935
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Cost:	4,189,000 Reichsmark
Yard number:	913
Laid down:	15 March 1936
Launched:	25 February 1937
Commissioned:	15 April 1937
Fate:	Sunk, 30 October 1940
General characteristics
Type:	Type VIIA submarine
Displacement:	626 tonnes (616 long tons) surfaced 745 t (733 long tons) submerged
Length:	64.5 m (211 ft 7 in) o/a 44.5 m (146 ft 0 in) pressure hull
Beam:	5.85 m (19 ft 2 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	2 × MAN 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines totalling 2,100–2,310 bhp (1,570–1,720 kW). Max rpm: 470-485 2 × BBC GG UB 720/8 electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW). Max rpm: 322
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:	6,200 nautical miles (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 73–94 nautical miles (135–174 km; 84–108 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	220 m (720 ft) Crush depth: 230–250 m (750–820 ft)
Complement:	42–46 officers and ratings
Armament:	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 11 × torpedoes or 22 TMA mines or 33 TMB mines 1 × 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun (220 rounds) 1 × C30 20 mm AA

Service record^[1]^[2]
Part of:	2nd U-boat Flotilla (15 April 1937–30 October 1940)
Identification codes:	M 00 459
Commanders:	Kptlt. Werner Lott (15 April 1937–15 August 1937) KrvKpt. Paul Büchel (16 August 1937–11 February 1940) Oblt. Hans Jenisch (12 February 1940–30 October 1940)
Operations:	Nine: 1st patrol: 27 August–1 September 1939 2nd patrol: 5–30 September 1939 3rd patrol: 28 December 1939–22 January 1940 4th patrol: 26 February–23 March 1940 5th patrol:<br 8–14 May 1940 6th patrol: 3 June–1 July 1940 7th patrol: 15 August–8 September 1940 8th patrol: 18 September–6 October 1940 9th patrol: 24–30 October 1940
Victories:	20 commercial ships sunk (116,836 GRT) four commercial ships damaged (32,274 GRT) one warship damaged (8,000 GRT)

German submarine U-32 was a Type VIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Her keel was laid down on 15 March 1936 by AG Weser of Bremen as Werk 913. She was launched on 25 February 1937 and commissioned on 15 April with Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Werner Lott in command. On 15 August 1937, Lott was relieved by Korvettenkapitän (Krv.Kpt.) Paul Büchel and on 12 February 1940 Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.z.S.) Hans Jenisch took over, he was in charge of the boat until her loss.^[1]

Service history

U-32 conducted nine patrols, sinking 20 ships, for a total of 116,836 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging five more, totalling 40,274 GRT. On 28 October 1940 U-32, under the command of Hans Jenisch, sank the 42,348-ton liner Empress of Britain, which had been previously damaged by German bombs. Empress was the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.^[1]

Fate

U-32 was sunk northwest of Ireland, in position 55°37′N 12°19′W / 55.617°N 12.317°W / 55.617; -12.317Coordinates: 55°37′N 12°19′W / 55.617°N 12.317°W / 55.617; -12.317, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Harvester and Highlander on 30 October 1940. Nine of her crew died, 33 survived and were taken prisoner, including Jenisch, who spent six and a half years in British captivity before returning to Germany in June 1947.^[1]^[3]

Summary of raiding history

Date	Name of Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate^[4]
18 September 1939	Kensington Court	UK	4,863	Sunk
28 September 1939	Jern	Norway	875	Sunk
5 October 1939	Marwarri	UK	8,063	Damaged (mine)
6 October 1939	Lochgoil	UK	9,462	Damaged (mine)
31 December 1939	Luna	Norway	959	Sunk
2 March 1940	Lagaholm	Sweden	2,818	Sunk
18 June 1940	Altair	Norway	1,522	Sunk
18 June 1940	Nuevo Ons	Spain	108	Sunk
18 June 1940	Sálvora	Spain	108	Sunk
19 June 1940	Labud	Yugoslavia	5,334	Sunk
22 June 1940	Eli Knudsen	Norway	9,026	Sunk
30 August 1940	Chelsea	UK	4,804	Sunk
30 August 1940	Mill Hill	UK	4,318	Sunk
30 August 1940	Norne	Norway	3,971	Sunk
1 September 1940	HMS Fiji	Royal Navy	8,000	Damaged
22 September 1940	Collegian	UK	7,886	Damaged
25 September 1940	Mabriton	UK	6,694	Sunk
26 September 1940	Corrientes	UK	6,863	Damaged
26 September 1940	Darcoila	UK	4,084	Sunk
26 September 1940	Tancred	Norway	6,094	Sunk
28 September 1940	Empire Ocelot	UK	5,759	Sunk
29 September 1940	Bassa	UK	5,267	Sunk
30 September 1940	Haulerwijk	Netherlands	3,278	Sunk
2 October 1940	Kayeson	UK	4,606	Sunk
28 October 1940	Empress of Britain	UK	42,348	Sunk

References

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Type VIIA boat U-32 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
↑ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-32 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed, German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. 1997. p. 67. Arms and Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3
↑ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u32/html

Bibliography

U-32 at uboat.net
U-32 at ubootwaffe.net
Pickford, Nigel (1999). Lost Treasure Ships of the Twentieth Century. National Geographic Society. ISBN 0-7922-7472-5.

External links

U-32 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)

German Type VII submarines

Type VIIA

U-27 U-28 U-29 U-30 U-31 U-32 U-33 U-34 U-35 U-36

Type VIIB

U-45 U-46 U-47 U-48 U-49 U-50 U-51 U-52 U-53 U-54 U-55 U-73 U-74 U-75 U-76 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-99 U-100 U-101 U-102

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Type VIIC/41

U-292
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U-1306
U-1307
U-1308

Type VIID

U-213 U-214 U-215 U-216 U-217 U-218

Type VIIF

U-1059 U-1060 U-1061 U-1062

Preceded by: Type II
Followed by: Type IX

List of U-boat types

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