Submarine U-32

U-32

Country	Germany
Ship Class	Type VII-class Submarine
Builder	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
Yard Number	913
Slip/Drydock Number	VIII
Ordered	1 Apr 1935
Laid Down	15 Mar 1936
Launched	25 Feb 1937
Commissioned	15 Apr 1937

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22 Jun 1940

The 9,026-ton Norwegian motor tanker Eli Knudsen had been in Allied convoy HX-49, which was dispersed approximately 100 miles southwest of Cape Clear, Ireland after German submarine U-47 had torpedoed the San Fernando in the middle of convoy at 2007 hours on 21 Jun 1940. At 0336 hours German submarine U-32 torpedoed the Eli Knudsen, one of the slowest ships in convoy. All crew members abandoned ship in lifeboats and were picked up a few hours later by the sloop HMS Sandwich and taken to Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. The tanker remained afloat, although she would not survive the incident.

1 Oct 1940

German submarine U-32 sank Dutch ship Haulerwijk 400 miles west of Ireland; 4 were killed and 27 survived.

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