SM U 45
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Series: | U 43 - U 50 | |
| Builder: | Imperial Shipyard, Danzig | |
| Launch: | April 15, 1915 | |
| Commissioning: | October 9, 1915 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 725 tons (above water) 940 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 65.00 m | |
| Width: | 6.20 m | |
| Draft: | 3.74 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.18 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 55-105 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2000 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 15.2 knots (above water) 9.7 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern tubes, 6 torpedoes 1/2 × 8.8 cm deck gun / s 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun (from 1916/17) |
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| Mission data | ||
| Commanders: | Erich Sittenfeld | |
| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 7th | |
| Successes: | 24 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on September 12, 1917 in the North Channel by British submarine D7 . | |
The SM U 45 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
Calls
U 45 was launched on 15 April 1915 at the Imperial Shipyard in Gdansk from the stack and was put into service on 9 October 1915th The first and only commander of the submarine was Erich Sittenfeld .
U 45 carried out seven patrols in the eastern North Atlantic and the Barents Sea during the First World War . A total of 24 merchant ships from the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 45,622 GRT were sunk.
Whereabouts
On September 12, 1917 U 45 was at the entrance to the North Channel north of Ireland and west of Scotland . It was torpedoed from the stern tube by the British submarine D7 . U 45 was on the water surface when the British torpedo hit and sank the boat. Only two crew members survived the sinking, including the radio operator . Captain Sittenfeld was among the fallen. : As an approximate lower transition point following coordinates are 55 ° 48 ' N , 7 ° 30' W . U 45 was not lifted.
Footnotes
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 68.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 89.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing before Munich: Urbes, 1998, p. 35
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing before Munich: Urbes, 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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