Type | VIIB | |||||||||
| Ordered | 21 Nov 1936 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 23 Feb 1937 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 580) | ||||||||
| Launched | 27 Apr 1938 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 25 Jun 1938 | Kptlt. Alexander Gelhaar | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 19,313 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 14 Oct 1939 south-west of Ireland, in position 50.58N, 12.57W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Inglefield, HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid. 38 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-45 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-45 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 15 Apr 1915 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 9 Oct 1915. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 45 during WWI.