SM U-32 (Austria-Hungary)

History
Austria-Hungary
NameSM U-32
Ordered12 October 1915[1]
BuilderGanz Danubius, Fiume
Laid down18 July 1916[2]
Launched11 May 1917[3]
Commissioned29 June 1917[4]
FateScrapped 1920
Service record
Commanders:
  • Gaston Vio
  • 29 June 1917 – 24 April 1918[4]
  • Otto Kasseroller
  • 24 April – 31 October 1918
Victories:
  • 4 merchant ships sunk
    (3,728 GRT)[4]
  • 1 merchant ship damaged
    (3,060 GRT)
General characteristics
TypeU-27-class submarine
Displacement
  • 264 t (260 long tons) surfaced
  • 301 t (296 long tons) submerged[3]
Length121 ft 1 in (36.91 m)[3]
Beam14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)[3]
Draft12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)[3]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) surfaced
  • 7.5 knots (14 km/h) submerged[3]
Complement23–24[3]
Armament

SM U-32 or U-XXXII was a U-27 class U-boat or submarine for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. U-32, built by the Hungarian firm of Ganz Danubius at Fiume, was launched in May 1917 and commissioned in June.

U-32 had a single hull and was just over 121 feet (37 m) in length. She displaced nearly 265 metric tons (261 long tons) when surfaced and over 300 metric tons (295 long tons) when submerged. Her two diesel engines moved her at up to 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) on the surface, while her twin electric motors propelled her at up to 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) while underwater. She was armed with two bow torpedo tubes and could carry a load of up to four torpedoes. She was also equipped with a 75 mm (3.0 in) deck gun and a machine gun.

In her service career U-32 hit five ships of 6,788 gross register tons (GRT), sinking four and damaging one. At Pola at war's end, the boat was handed over to Italy and scrapped in 1920.[5]

  1. ^ Miller, p. 20.
  2. ^ "Tengeralattjárók" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Imperial and Royal Navy Association. pp. 25–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cite error: The named reference Con-344 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: KUK U32". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gib-388 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).