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SM U 43 (Germany)

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Name
  
U-43

Commissioned
  
30 April 1915

Launched
  
26 September 1914

Draft
  
3.74 m

Ordered
  
10 July 1913

Class and type
  
Type U-43 submarine

Length
  
65 m

Builder
  
Kaiserliche Werft Danzig

Fate
  
20 November - Surrendered. Scrapped.

Displacement
  
725 t (714 long tons) surfaced 940 t (930 long tons) submerged

SM U-43 was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She engaged in commerce warfare in the First Battle of the Atlantic, performing 11 patrols from 1915-1918.

References

SM U-43 (Germany) Wikipedia