German Type U 43 submarine

History

German Empire
Name:	U-43
Ordered:	10 July 1913
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Launched:	26 September 1914
Commissioned:	30 April 1915
Fate:	20 November - Surrendered. Scrapped.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type U-43 submarine
Displacement:	725 t (714 long tons) surfaced 940 t (930 long tons) submerged
Length:	65 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam:	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (oa) 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) (pressure hull)
Height:	8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
Draught:	3.74 m (12 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	2 × 2,000 PS (1,471 kW; 1,973 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) surfaced 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h; 11.2 mph) submerged
Range:	11,400 nmi (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 51 nmi (94 km; 59 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement:	36
Armament:	4 × 50 cm (19.7 in)torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern) 6 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun with 276 rounds
Service record
Part of:	III Flotilla Unknown – 11 November 1918
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Hellmuth Jürst 30 April 1915 – 16 May 1917 Kptlt. Waldemar Bender 17 May 1917 – 17 April 1918 Kptlt. Johannes Kirchner 18 April – 11 November 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.