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| History |
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| German Empire |
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| Name | U-47 |
| Ordered | 4 August 1914 |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Yard number | 25 |
| Launched | 16 August 1915 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1916 |
| Fate | Scuttled on 28 October 1918 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type | Type U-43 submarine |
| Displacement |
- 725 t (714 long tons) surfaced
- 940 t (930 long tons) submerged
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| Length | 65.00 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)
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| Height | 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.74 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
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts |
| Speed |
- 15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) surfaced
- 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h; 11.2 mph) submerged
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| 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
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| Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
| Complement | 36 |
| Armament | |
| Service record |
| Part of: |
- III Flotilla
- 8 May – 27 December 1916
- Pola / Mittelmeer Flotilla
- 27 December 1916 – 28 October 1918
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| Commanders: |
- Kptlt. Heinrich Metzger
- 28 February 1916 – 27 August 1917
- Kptlt. Johannes Feldkirchner
- 28 August – 29 October 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Otto Gerke
- 30 October 1917 – 10 March 1918
- Kptlt. Wilhelm Canaris
- 14 January – 14 June 1918
- Kptlt. Adolf Franz
- 11–31 March 1918
- Kptlt. Erich Gerth
- 15 June – 11 September 1918
- Kptlt. Carl Bünte
- 12 September – 28 October 1918
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| Operations: |
2 patrols |
| Victories: |
- 14 merchant ships sunk
(23,932 GRT)
- 2 merchant ships damaged
(9,351 GRT)
- 1 auxiliary warship damaged
(149 GRT)
- 1 merchant ship taken as prize
(1,046 GRT)
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SM U-47 was a Type U-43 submarine of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine.). She engaged in commerce raiding during the First World War.