SM U-45

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-45.
History
German Empire
NameU-45
Ordered22 June 1914
BuilderKaiserliche Werft Danzig
Yard number23
Launched15 April 1915
Commissioned9 October 1915
FateSunk 12 September 1917
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeType U-43 submarine
Displacement
  • 725 t (714 long tons) surfaced
  • 940 t (930 long tons) submerged
Length65.00 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)
Height9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught3.74 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
Propulsion2 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 depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement36
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • III Flotilla
  • 11 November 1916 - 12 September 1917
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Erich Sittenfeld
  • 9 October 1915 - 12 September 1917
Operations: 7 patrols
Victories:
  • 27 merchant ships sunk
    (47,286 GRT)
  • 1 merchant ship damaged
    (3,891 GRT)

SM U-45[Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-45 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

U-45 was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of the Shetland Islands (55°48′N 7°30′W / 55.800°N 7.500°W / 55.800; -7.500) by the Royal Navy submarine HMS D7 on 12 September 1917 with the loss of 43 of her 45 crewmen.

  1. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 8–10.


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