Type | VIIA | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 1 Apr 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 15 Mar 1936 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 913) | |||||||||||||||
| Launched | 25 Feb 1937 | ||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 15 Apr 1937 | Kptlt. Werner Lott | |||||||||||||||
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| Career 9 patrols |
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| Successes | 20 ships sunk, total tonnage 116,836 GRT 4 ships damaged, total tonnage 32,274 GRT 1 warship damaged, total tonnage 8,000 tons | ||||||||||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 30 October 1940 in the North Atlantic north-west of Ireland, in position 55.37N, 12.19W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Harvester and HMS Highlander. 9 dead and 33 survivors. | ||||||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-32 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Prien (12 Jun 1940 - 17 Jun 1940)
General notes on this boat
28 Oct 1940. U-32 sank the largest ship to fall victim to U-boats, the 42,350 ton liner Empress of Britain on 28 Oct. 1940, 2 days before being sunk herself.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-32 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Britain with a Rabbit's Head |
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There was another U-32 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 28 Jan 1914 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 3 Sep 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 32 during WWI.
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