SM U-43 (Germany)

SM U-43^{[Note 1]} 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.

History
German Empire
Name	U-43
Ordered	10 July 1913
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Yard number	21
Launched	26 September 1914
Commissioned	30 April 1915
Fate	Surrendered 20 November 1918; scrapped 1919.
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type U-43 submarine
Displacement	725 t (714 long tons) surfaced 940 t (930 long tons) submerged
Length	65 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (oa) 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) (pressure hull)
Height	8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.74 m (12 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × 2,000 PS (1,471 kW; 1,973 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) surfaced 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h; 11.2 mph) submerged
Range	11,400 nmi (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 51 nmi (94 km; 59 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement	36
Armament	4 × 50 cm (19.7 in)[2] torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern) 6 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun with 276 rounds
Service record[3]
Part of:	III Flotilla Unknown – 11 November 1918
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Hellmuth Jürst 30 April 1915 – 16 May 1917 Kptlt. Waldemar Bender 17 May 1917 – 17 April 1918 Kptlt. Johannes Kirchner 18 April – 11 November 1918
Operations:	11 patrols
Victories:	44 merchant ships sunk (112,643 GRT) 1 auxiliary warship sunk (1,680 GRT) 2 merchant ships taken as prize (356 GRT)

U-43 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 20 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was sold (without engines, removed at Chatham) by the British Admiralty to George Cohen on 3 March 1919 for £2,400, and was broken up at Swansea from May 1919 and 1922.^[4]