German submarine U-732

Type VIIC submarine

Displacement: 757 long tons (769 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-73224 October 1942 — 31 October 1943369 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-732
Builder: Schichau-Werke, Danzig
Ordered: 21 November 1940
Laid down: 6 October 1941
Launched: 18 August 1942
Commissioned: 24 October 1942
Fate: Scuttled off Tangiers on 31 October 1943 (1943)
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-732 was a Type VIIC submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Schichau-Werke, Danzig on 6 October 1941. Launched on 18 August 1942, she entered service on 24 October 1942.

Her class ran to 612 ships. 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 369 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 31 October 1943, at 35°54′N 5°52′W. 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 × torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
14 × 53.3 cm torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-732 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.