SM UC-43
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-43.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Name: | UC-43 |
| Ordered: | 20 November 1915[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 76[1] |
| Launched: | 5 October 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 25 October 1916[1] |
| Fate: | torpedoed and sunk by HMS G13 on 10 March 1917[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: | 400 t (440 short tons), surfaced[2] 480 t (530 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 162 ft 3 in (49.45 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 2 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 11.7 knots (21.7 km/h), surfaced[2] 6.7 knots (12.4 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 9,410 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (17,430 km at 13 km/h) 60 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (110 km at 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 26[3] |
| Armament: | 6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun[2] |
| Notes: | 48-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
I Flotilla 25 Dec 1916 - 10 Mar 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Erwin Sebelin[4] 25 Oct 1916 - 10 Mar 1917 |
| Operations: | 2 patrols |
| Victories: |
13 merchant ships sunk (24,684 GRT) 1 merchant ship taken as a prize (539 GRT) |
SM UC-43 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 5 October 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 October 1916 as SM UC-43.[Note 1] In 2 patrols UC-43 was credited with sinking 13 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-43 was torpedoed and sunk by HMS G13 north of Muckle Flugga on 10 March 1917.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 1916 | Lupus |  Norway |
539 | Captured as a prize |
| 12 January 1917 | Brentwood |  United Kingdom |
1,192 | Sunk |
| 15 January 1917 | Brabant | Norway |
1,492 | Sunk |
| 15 January 1917 | Graafjeld | Norway |
728 | Sunk |
| 20 January 1917 | Planudes | United Kingdom |
542 | Sunk |
| 27 February 1917 | Marie Madeleine |  France |
45 | Sunk |
| 1 March 1917 | Mabella | Norway |
1,637 | Sunk |
| 1 March 1917 | Storenes | Norway |
1,870 | Sunk |
| 6 March 1917 | Cornelia | United Kingdom |
903 | Sunk |
| 6 March 1917 | Sawa Maru |  Japan |
2,578 | Sunk |
| 7 March 1917 | Baron Wemyss | United Kingdom |
1,605 | Sunk |
| 9 March 1917 | Laurits |  Denmark |
183 | Sunk |
| 13 March 1917 | Norwegian | United Kingdom |
6,237 | Sunk |
| 22 March 1917 | Malmanger | Norway |
5,672 | 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 1.5 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-43". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant, p. 173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182.
- ↑ "Erwin Sebelin". Uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-43 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
Bibliography
- Bendert, Harald (2001). Die UC-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine 1914-1918. Minenkrieg mit U-Booten (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0758-7.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866.
- Tarrant, V. E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385.
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