SM U-45
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-45 |
| Ordered | 22 June 1914 |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Yard number | 23 |
| Launched | 15 April 1915 |
| Commissioned | 9 October 1915 |
| Fate | Sunk 12 September 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type U-43 submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 65.00 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
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| Height | 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts |
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| Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
| Complement | 36 |
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| Operations: | 7 patrols |
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SM U-45 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) by the Royal Navy submarine HMS D7 on 12 September 1917 with the loss of 43 of her 45 crewmen.