German submarine U-45 (1938)
Service
- as U-4525 June 1938 — 14 October 193943 days of the war
- Name
- U-45
- Pennant / hull number
- 1938
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 21 November 1936
- Laid down
- 23 February 1937
- Launched
- 27 April 1938
- Commissioned
- 25 June 1938
- Fate
- Sunk, 14 October 1939 (1939)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 741 long tons (753 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 843 long tons (857 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
- Range
- 8,700 nmi (16,112 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-45 was a submarine of the Type VIIB U-boat in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1938. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 23 February 1937. Launched on 27 April 1938, she entered service on 25 June 1938.
24 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 741 long tons surfaced and 843 long tons submerged. She measured 66.5 m (218 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 43 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 14 October 1939, at 50°58′N 12°57′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
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 14 torpedoes or 26 TMA mines or 39 TMB mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-100 (1940)
- German submarine U-101 (1940)
- German submarine U-102 (1940)
- German submarine U-46 (1938)
- German submarine U-47 (1938)
- German submarine U-48 (1939)
- German submarine U-49 (1939)
- German submarine U-50 (1939)
- German submarine U-51 (1938)
- German submarine U-52 (1938)
- German submarine U-53 (1939)
- German submarine U-54 (1939)
- German submarine U-55 (1939)
- German submarine U-73 (1940)
- German submarine U-74 (1940)
- German submarine U-75 (1940)
- German submarine U-76 (1940)
- German submarine U-83 (1940)
- German submarine U-84 (1941)
- German submarine U-85 (1941)
- German submarine U-86 (1941)
- German submarine U-87 (1941)
- German submarine U-99 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-45 (1938) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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