German submarine U-43 (1939)
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-43.
German submarine U-43 was a Type IXA[3] U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The keel for U-43 was laid down in August 1938 at Bremen; she was launched in May 1939 and commissioned in August.[1]
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U-37, (an identical U-boat to U-43) at Lorient in 1940 | |
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Name | U-43 |
Ordered | 21 November 1936[1] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen[1] |
Yard number | 948[1] |
Laid down | 15 August 1938[1] |
Launched | 23 May 1939[1] |
Commissioned | 26 August 1939[1] |
Fate | Sunk south-west of the Azores by an American aircraft, 30 July 1943. 55 dead[1] |
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Class and type | Type IXA submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 24 266 |
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Between November 1939 and July 1943, the U-boat conducted 14 combat patrols, sinking 21 merchant ships for a total of 117,036 gross register tons (GRT), damaging one ship of 10,350 GRT and another of 9,131 GRT — enough for it to be declared a total loss.
U-43 was sunk on 30 July 1943 southwest of the Azores by a torpedo dropped by a United States Navy aircraft; all 55 hands were lost.[4]