German submarine U-32 (S182)

U-32 at sea
History
Germany
Name:	U-32
Builder:	Nordseewerke, Emden Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Launched:	December 4, 2003
Commissioned:	October 19, 2005
Status:	In active service
Class and type:	Type 212A
Service record
Part of:	German Navy
Commanders:	Michael Bornholt
Victories:	None.

U-32 (S182) is the second Type 212A submarine of the German Navy.

It was built by the German Submarine Consortium at the shipyards of Thyssen Nordseewerke of Emden and HDW at Kiel. The ship was christened on December 4, 2003, and the submarine was ceremonially put into service along with its sister ship U-31 by German Defence minister Peter Struck in Eckernförde on October 19, 2005.

U-32 is powered by one diesel engine and an electric motor driven by two fuel cells and features a cavitation-free screw, making it virtually undetectable. U-32 was the first non-nuclear submarine to stay submerged for two weeks.

Korvettenkapitän Michael Bornholt is U-32's commanding officer.

In March 2013, U-32 crossed the Atlantic Ocean in order to join exercises on the east coast of the United States. During the journey the u-boat remained submerged for 18 days, the longest time any German submarine managed to do so, yet.^[1]

References

1. "Den Atlantik bezwungen - "U 32" und Tender "Main" erreichen Florida". 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-07.

Bibliography

• Rössler, Eberhard (2004). Die neuen deutschen U-Boote (in German). Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-6258-2.
• "Uboot Klasse 212 A" (in German). German Navy. 15 July 2010.