German submarine U-132 (1941)

Type VIIC submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-13229 May 1941 — 4 November 1942525 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-132
Pennant / hull number: 1941
Builder: Vegesacker Werft GmbH, Bremen-Vegesack
Ordered: 7 August 1939
Laid down: 10 August 1940
Launched: 10 April 1941
Commissioned: 29 May 1941
Fate: Sunk, 4 November 1942 (1942)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 757 long tons (769 t)
Displacement, submerged: 857 long tons (871 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught: 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

U-132 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1941. Her keel was laid at Vegesacker Werft GmbH, Bremen-Vegesack on 10 August 1940. Launched on 10 April 1941, she entered service on 29 May 1941.

612 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 525 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 4 November 1942, at 67°41′N 41°03′E. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
Power: 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
750 PS (electric)
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
1 x 2 cm C/30 AA gun

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-132 (1941) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Karl Grimm — Familienbesitz — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons