SM U-43 (Germany)
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-43.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Class and type: | U-43-class submarine  (?) |
| 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: | 2400 hp surfaced 1200 hp submerged |
| 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 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun with 276 rounds |
| Service record[2] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
III Flotilla Unknown – 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
KrvKpt Hellmuth Jürst 30 Apr 1915 - 16 May 1917 Kptlt Waldemar Bender 17 May 1917 - 17 Apr 1918 Kptlt Johannes Kirchner 18 Apr 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 11 patrols |
| Victories: |
45 merchant ships sunk (114,323 GRT) 2 merchant ships taken as a prize (356 GRT) |
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[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 1916 | Aranmore |  United Kingdom |
1,050 | Sunk |
| 24 March 1916 | Englishman | United Kingdom |
5,257 | Sunk |
| 26 September 1916 | Dania |  Norway |
862 | Sunk |
| 26 September 1916 | Knut Hilde | Norway |
1,632 | Sunk |
| 28 September 1916 | Rolf Jarl | Norway |
1,265 | Sunk |
| 29 September 1916 | Knut Jarl | Norway |
1,070 | Sunk |
| 29 September 1916 | Nesjar | Norway |
1,609 | Sunk |
| 30 September 1916 | Fancy | Norway |
1,612 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1916 | J. Y. Short | United Kingdom |
2,193 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1916 | Tourgai |  Russian Empire |
4,281 | Sunk |
| 10 October 1916 | Gardepee | United Kingdom |
1,633 | Sunk |
| 11 October 1916 | Bistritza |  Romania |
3,688 | Sunk |
| 17 October 1916 | Edam | Norway |
2,381 | Sunk |
| 22 January 1917 | Duc D’aumale |  France |
2,189 | Sunk |
| 23 January 1917 | Jevington | United Kingdom |
2,747 | Sunk |
| 23 January 1917 | Donstad | Norway |
699 | Sunk |
| 28 January 1917 | Foz Do Douro |  Portugal |
1,677 | Sunk |
| 28 January 1917 | Fulton | Norway |
1,034 | Sunk |
| 31 January 1917 | Rigel | Norway |
2,671 | Sunk |
| 3 February 1917 | Hollinside | United Kingdom |
2,862 | Sunk |
| 3 February 1917 | Songelv | Norway |
2,064 | Sunk |
| 3 February 1917 | Wasdale | Norway |
1,856 | Sunk |
| 4 February 1917 | Turino | United Kingdom |
4,241 | Sunk |
| 9 February 1917 | Famiglia | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
2,942 | Sunk |
| 16 April 1917 | Anne |  Denmark |
240 | Sunk |
| 16 April 1917 | Endymion | Russian Empire |
1,345 | Sunk |
| 16 April 1917 | Towergate | United Kingdom |
3,697 | Sunk |
| 20 April 1917 | August | Russian Empire |
1,596 | Sunk |
| 20 April 1917 | San Hilario | United Kingdom |
10,157 | Sunk |
| 22 April 1917 | Woodward Abrahams |  United States |
744 | Sunk |
| 24 April 1917 | Cordelia |  Sweden |
613 | Sunk |
| 25 April 1917 | Abosso | United Kingdom |
7,782 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1917 | Ehrglis | Russian Empire |
238 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1917 | Hektoria | Norway |
5,002 | Sunk |
| 3 May 1917 | Emma |  Netherlands |
183 | Captured as a prize |
| 3 May 1917 | Concordia | Netherlands |
173 | Captured as a prize |
| 4 June 1917 | Juno | Norway |
1,169 | Sunk |
| 10 June 1917 | Haulwen | United Kingdom |
4,032 | Sunk |
| 11 June 1917 | Teviotdale | United Kingdom |
3,847 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Tunisie | France |
3,246 | Sunk |
| 18 September 1917 | Glenfoyle | United Kingdom |
1,680 | Sunk |
| 28 December 1917 | Magellan | France |
6,265 | Sunk |
| 27 July 1918 | Subadar | United Kingdom |
4,911 | Sunk |
| 3 August 1918 | Maceio |  Brazil |
3,739 | Sunk |
| 3 August 1918 | Vouga | Portugal |
96 | Sunk |
| 15 October 1918 | Bretagne | France |
316 | Sunk |
| 19 October 1918 | Aida | Portugal |
93 | Sunk |
Notes
- ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. "U-Boats (1905-18)", in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, "(Phoebus Publishing, 1978), Volume 23, p.2534.
- ↑ "The Type U 43 boat SM U-43 - German U-boats of WWI - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "SM U-43 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
External References
http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/successes/u43.html
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