SM U-32 (Germany)
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Her construction was ordered on 29 March 1912 and her keel was laid down on 8 November 1912 by Germaniawerft of Kiel. She was launched on 28 January 1914 and commissioned on 3 September 1914 under the command of Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim. On 1 February 1916 Spiegel was relieved by Kurt Hartwig who commanded the boat until 16 February 1918 when Karl Albrecht took over. Albrecht commanded her until her loss.
U-32 conducted 11 patrols, sinking 37 merchant ships totalling Template:GRT and one warship for 14,000 tons. On 9 January 1917, to the East of Malta, U-32 sank the British pre-dreadnought battleship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., with the loss of 15 lives.
Design
Type U 31 submarines were double-hulled ocean-going submarines similar to Type 23 and Type 27 subs in dimensions and differed only slightly in propulsion and speed. They were considered very good high sea boats with average manoeuvrability and good surface steering.Template:Sfn
U-32 had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., her pressure hull was Script error: No such module "convert". long. The boat's beam was Script error: No such module "convert". (o/a), while the pressure hull measured Script error: No such module "convert".. Type 31s had a draught of Script error: No such module "convert". with a total height of Script error: No such module "convert".. The boats displaced a total of Script error: No such module "convert".; Script error: No such module "convert". when surfaced and Script error: No such module "convert". when submerged.Template:Sfn
U-32 was fitted with two Germania 6-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines with a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for use on the surface and two Siemens-Schuckert double-acting electric motors with a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for underwater use. These engines powered two shafts each with a Script error: No such module "convert". propeller, which gave the boat a top surface speed of Script error: No such module "convert"., and Script error: No such module "convert". when submerged. Cruising range was Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert". on the surface, and Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert". under water. Diving depth was Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn
The U-boat was armed with four Script error: No such module "convert". torpedo tubes, two fitted in the bow and two in the stern, and carried 6 torpedoes. Additionally U-32 was equipped in 1915 with two Script error: No such module "convert". Uk L/30 deck guns. The boat's complement was 4 officers and 31 enlisted.Template:Sfn
Fate
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Summary of raiding history
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Original documents from Room 40
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The following is a verbatim transcription of the recorded activities of SM U-32 known to British Naval Intelligence, Room 40 O.B.:[2]
"SM U-32.
Oberlt.z.S. Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, later to U-93. Kaptlt. Hartwig October 1916 to Sept/October 1918, then to U-63. Kaptlt. Karl Albrecht, lost with her. Came off the stocks at Kiel about the end of October 1914 and did trials at Kiel School, leaving for the North Sea on 27 November. In December 1914 and January 1915, and February 1915, she was occasionally employed on patrol in the Bight, and was twice in dockyard hands with engine or other trouble. She was attached to the 4th Half Flotilla.
- 3 – 17 April 1915. Channel via Dover. Home northabout 1 S.S., 1 sailing vessel sunk, in Channel.
- 12 – 24 June 1915. North Sea, 1 prize taken in.
- 9 – 13 August 1915. Bight patrol.
- 14th – ? 16 August 1915. Bight anti-air raid patrol.
- 22 – 27 August 1915. North Sea. Returned owing to compass failure.
- 11 – 13 September 1915. To Flanders (Ostend).
- 19 – 21 September 1915. Ostend to Emden.
- ? 2 October 1915 – ? 4 October 1915. Bight patrol.
- 20 October 1915. Emden to List.
- 24 – 27 October 1915. North Sea.
- 29 December 1915 – 2 January 1916. ? North Sea patrol.
- 17 January 1916. On Bight patrol.
- 23 January – 3 February 1916. On Bight patrol.
- 11 – 14 February 1916. On Bight patrol.
- 26 February – 17 March 1916. Northabout to Channel approach. Sank 2 S.S., 2 sailing vessels.
- 16 – 18 April 1916. Bight patrol.
- 22 April 1916. Bight patrol.
- 27 April – 8 May 1916. North Sea patrol.
- 16 May – 3 June 1916. North Sea patrol (Jutland Battle).
- 24 – 25 August 1916. Bight patrol.
- 28 August – 1 September 1916. North Sea patrol.
- 20 September – 1 October 1916. ? North Sea.
- 16 October – 7/8 November 1916. Northabout to Mediterranean. Arrived Cattaro 7/8 November. Sank 2 S.S. and was fired at by S.S. ARLINGTON COURT on 30 October. When in Mediterranean she was with Pola-Cattaro Flotilla.
- End of November – Middle of December 1916. Proceeded out from Cattaro and cruised in Mediterranean (central). Sank 6 S.S., 9 sailing vessels (including the French S.S. KARNAK). U-32 with another submarine seems to have been concerned in attack on British S.S. NAGOYA but was driven off by gunfire.
- 2 January 1917 – 18 January 1917. On a cruise in central Mediterranean. Sank 2 S.S., 1 sailing vessel, and H.M.S. CORNWALLIS.
- February 1917 – March 1918. Operating in Mediterranean.
- 16 April 1918. Left Cattaro and cruised in western Mediterranean. Sank 1 S.S. and missed another by torpedo. On 24 April was sighted 50 miles N. of Algiers. She was sunk on 8 May 1918 by H.M.S. WALLFLOWER in 36°8'N., 13°30'E., apparently while returning from this cruise."
Note: S.S. = Steam Ship; S.V. = Sailing Vessel; northabout, Muckle Flugga, Fair I. = around Scotland; Sound, Belts, Kattegat = via North of Denmark to/from German Baltic ports; Bight = to/from German North Sea ports; success = sinking of ships
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See also
References
Notes
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- ↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
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Citations
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- ↑ Template:Cite Uboat.net
- ↑ National Archives, Kew: HW 7/3, Room 40, History of German Naval Warfare 1914-1918 (Published below – Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918)
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Bibliography
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External links
- Photos of cruises of German submarine U-54 in 1916-1918. Great photo quality, comments in German.
- A 44 min. film from 1917 about a cruise of the German submarine U-35. A German propaganda film without dead or wounded; many details about submarine warfare in World War I.
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- Room 40: Template:Webarchive original documents, photos and maps about World War I German submarine warfare and British Room 40 Intelligence from The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, UK.
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- World War I shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
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- Ships built in Kiel
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