Unterseeboot 43 (1939)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-43 |
| Ordered: | November 21, 1936 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen, yard 948 |
| Laid down: | August 15, 1938 |
| Launched: | May 23, 1939 |
| Commissioned: | August 26, 1939 |
| Fate: | Sunk July 30, 1943 south-west of the Azores. 55 dead. |
| Class and type: | Type IX U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kriegsmarine: 2. Unterseebootsflottille 6. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Identification codes | M 24 266 |
| Commanders | Wilhelm Ambrosius Wolfgang Lüth Hans-Joachim Schwantke |
| Operations | 14 |
| Victories | 21 ships sunk for a total of 117.036 gross register tons (GRT) 1 ship damaged for a total of 10.350 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 9.131 GRT |
Unterseeboot 43 (U-43) was a German Type IX U-boat of the Kriegsmarine.
Her keel was laid down August 15, 1938, by AG Weser of Bremen. She was commissioned August 26, 1939 with Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Ambrosius in command.
U-43 conducted fourteen patrols, as part of the 2. Unterseebootsflottille and 6. Unterseebootsflottille.
[edit] Fate
On July 30, 1943, U-43 was sunk in position , by a Fido homing torpedo from an Avenger aircraft from the USS Santee.
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See Also: List of U-boats
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