SM U-32 (Austria-Hungary)
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| Austria-Hungary | |
| Name | SM U-32 |
| Ordered | 12 October 1915 |
| Builder | Ganz Danubius, Fiume |
| Laid down | 18 July 1916 |
| Launched | 11 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 29 June 1917 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1920 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | U-27-class submarine |
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| Length | 121 ft 1 in (36.91 m) |
| Beam | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m) |
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| Complement | 23–24 |
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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.