German submarine U-43 (1939)
Service
- as U-4326 August 1939 — 30 July 19431,426 days of the war
- Name
- U-43
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Builder
- AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 21 November 1936
- Laid down
- 15 August 1938
- Launched
- 23 May 1939
- Commissioned
- 26 August 1939
- Fate
- Sunk south-west of the Azores by an American aircraft, 30 July 1943. 55 dead
By aircraft (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,016 long tons (1,032 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,135 long tons (1,153 t)
- Length
- 76.5 m (251 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.51 m (21.4 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
- Range
- 10,500 nmi (19,446 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-43 was a Type IXA submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1939. AG Weser, Bremen laid her keel on 15 August 1938. Launched on 23 May 1939, she entered service on 26 August 1939.
Her class ran to eight ships. The class followed the Type VII submarine and was succeeded by the Type IXB submarine.
The boat displaced 1,016 long tons surfaced and 1,135 long tons submerged. She measured 76.5 m (251 ft) long with a beam of 6.5 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 18.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,426 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 30 July 1943 by aircraft, at 34°57′N 35°11′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 4400 PS (diesels)
- 1000 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
- 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-43 (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1032-11A,_Lorient,_U-37.jpg : Mannewitz derivative work: Jezhotwells ( talk ) — Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1032-11A,_Lorient,_U-37.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0 de — Wikimedia Commons