Germania 1938

[john sefton]

GERMANIA. Submarine U-45. German Navy. Built at Germania Yard, Kiel. Commissioned 27th April 1938. Displacement 760tn. L220'. B20'. Dr15'. Armed with One 3.5". One 1pdr AA guns. Five 21"TT. Two sets of MAN diesel engines. 2800hp. 17kn(surfaced) Electric motors 750hp. 8kn(submerged). She was sunk off the West of Ireland by British Destroyers on 14th October 1939. - Germany 1943. 3+2pf SG819 (Woad)