SM UB-32
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-32.
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 SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-32 | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-32 |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
| Cost: | 1,152,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number: | 256[1] |
| Launched: | 4 December 1915[1] |
| Completed: | 10 April 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 11 April 1916[3] |
| Fate: | sunk 22 September 1917[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB II submarine |
| Displacement: | 274 t (270 long tons) surfaced[2] 303 t (298 long tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 437 m (1,433 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Draft: | 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × Benz diesel engines, 270 shp (200 kW)[2] 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 280 shp (210 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | 9.06 knots (16.78 km/h; 10.43 mph) surfaced[2] 5.71 knots (10.57 km/h; 6.57 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 7,030 nautical miles (13,020 km; 8,090 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced[2] 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots submerged[2] |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[2] |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 21 men[2] |
| Armament: | 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes[2] 4 × torpedoes (later 6) 1 × 5 cm SK L/40 gun[2] |
| Notes: | 42-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: Baltic Flotilla 25 May 1916 – 24 Feb 1917 Flandern Flotilla 24 Feb 1917 – 22 Sep 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Ludwig Karl Sahl[4] 11 Apr 1916 - 4 Dec 1916 Oblt Karl Ruprecht[5] 5 Dec 1916 - 24 Feb 1917 Kptlt Max Viebeg[6] 25 Feb 1917 - 5 Aug 1917 Oblt Benno von Ditfurth[7] 6 Aug 1917 - 22 Sep 1917 |
| Operations: | 16 patrols |
| Victories: |
22 merchant ships sunk (42,893 gross register tons (GRT)) 4 merchant ships damaged (19,933 gross register tons (GRT)) |
SM UB-32 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 4 December 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 11 April 1916 as SM UB-32.[Note 1]
The submarine sank 22 ships in 16 patrols. UB-32 was sunk by aerial bombing in the English Channel on 22 September 1917.[3]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 1917 | Comrades |  United Kingdom |
58 | Sunk |
| 13 March 1917 | De Tien Kinders | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
44 | Sunk |
| 13 March 1917 | Gold Seeker | United Kingdom |
62 | Sunk |
| 30 March 1917 | HMS Penshurst |  Royal Navy |
1,191 | Damaged |
| 31 March 1917 | Boaz | United Kingdom |
111 | Sunk |
| 31 March 1917 | Gippeswic | United Kingdom |
116 | Sunk |
| 31 March 1917 | HMHS Gloucester Castle | Royal Navy |
7,999 | Damaged |
| 31 March 1917 | Queen Louise | United Kingdom |
4,879 | Damaged |
| 1 April 1917 | Endymion | United Kingdom |
73 | Sunk |
| 4 April 1917 | Parana |  Brazil |
4,461 | Sunk |
| 5 April 1917 | Ernest Legouve |  France |
2,246 | Sunk |
| 24 April 1917 | Marie Blanche | France |
359 | Sunk |
| 25 April 1917 | Ballarat | United Kingdom |
11,120 | Sunk |
| 27 April 1917 | Alfalfa | United Kingdom |
2,993 | Sunk |
| 27 April 1917 | Beemah | United Kingdom |
4,750 | Sunk |
| 28 April 1917 | Pursue | United Kingdom |
37 | Sunk |
| 29 April 1917 | Ellen Harrison | United Kingdom |
103 | Sunk |
| 29 April 1917 | Mermaid | United Kingdom |
76 | Sunk |
| 30 April 1917 | Portbail | France |
378 | Sunk |
| 8 June 1917 | Vinaes |  Norway |
1,107 | Sunk |
| 11 June 1917 | Mar Cor | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
3,257 | Sunk |
| 12 June 1917 | South Point | United Kingdom |
4,258 | Sunk |
| 14 June 1917 | Vigoureuse | France |
152 | Sunk |
| 5 July 1917 | Havbris | Norway |
677 | Sunk |
| 6 July 1917 | Wabasha | United Kingdom |
5,864 | Damaged |
| 26 August 1917 | Feltre | Kingdom of Italy |
6,455 | Sunk |
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rössler 1979, p. 64.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Gröner 1985, p. 50.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gröner 1985, p. 51.
- ↑ "Ludwig Karl Sahl". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Karl Ruprecht". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Max Viebeg (Pour le Mérite)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Benno von Ditfurth". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "SM UB-32 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German) I (Munich: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
Coordinates: 51°45′N 2°5′E / 51.750°N 2.083°E
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