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U43 submarines (1916/1917)


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U43 1917 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U43 (ex-UB43)   245 Weser, Bremen, Germany 1915 8.4.1916 4.1916 // 7.1917 to France 1920
U47 (ex-UB47)   249 Weser, Bremen, Germany 1915 17.6.1916 7.1916 // 7.1917 to France 1920


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

272 / 305

Length, m

36.9

Breadth, m

4.37

Draught, m

3.68

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Daimler diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

Power, h. p.

284 / 280

Max speed, kts

8.8 / 6.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 27

Endurance, nm(kts)

6940(5) / 45(4)

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 2 - 500 TT (bow, 4)

Complement

23

Diving depth operational, m

50



Standard scale images


<i>U47 </i>1917
U47 1917


Graphics


<i>U43 </i>1917 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
U43 1917 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

U43 and U47 were both built in Germany by AG Weser in 1916, transferred to Pola by railway and commissioned as the German UB43 and UB47; after one year's service both were decommissioned on 21 June 1917 and sold in a worn-out condition to the Austro-Hungarian Navy which commissioned them as U43 and U47 on 30 July 1917.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

After active service they were ceded as war reparations to France and scrapped in 1920.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.