SM ''U-43'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of 329

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s serving in the

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. She engaged in commerce warfare in the

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, performing 11 patrols from 1915–1918. ''U-43'' was surrendered to the

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on 20 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was sold (without engines, removed at Chatham) by the

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to George Cohen on 3 March 1919 for £2,400, and was broken up at

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from May 1919 and 1922.

Summary of raiding history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:U0043 World War I submarines of Germany Ships built in Danzig 1914 ships U-boats commissioned in 1915 Type U 43 submarines