German submarine U-132 was a Type VIIC U-boat

U-boat

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 built for the German

Nazi Germany

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 Kriegsmarine

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 for service during World War II

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. She was laid down on 10 August 1940 by Bremer Vulkan

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, Bremen-Vegesack

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, launched on 10 April 1941 and commissioned on 29 May that year. In four patrols, U-132 sank eight ships for a total of . The submarine was sunk on 4 November 1942 with the loss of her entire crew of 47 after being struck by debris from the British ammunition ship Hatimura when she exploded after being attacked by U-132 and .

Raiding Career

Date	Ship Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT Gross Register Tonnage Gross register tonnage a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", one of which equals to a volume of . It is calculated from the total permanently enclosed capacity of the vessel. The ship's net register tonnage is obtained by reducing the volume of non-revenue-earning spaces i.e... )	Position	Deaths
18 October, 1941	Argun	Soviet Union Soviet Union	3,487	67°41′N 41°03′E	Unknown
18 October	RT-8 Seld	Soviet Union Soviet Union	608	67°03′N 41°11′E	Unknown
29 January, 1942	USCGC Alexander Hamilton (WPG-34) USCGC Alexander Hamilton (WPG-34) USCGC Alexander Hamilton was a . She was named after the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, who was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr. Sunk after an attack by a German U-boat in January 1942, the Hamilton was the U.S. Coast Guard's first loss of World War...	United States United States	2,216	64°10′N 22°56′W	32
6 July, 1942	Anastassios Pateras	Greece Greece	3,382	49°30′N 66°30′W	3
6 July, 1942	Dinaric	United Kingdom Great Britain	2,555	49°30′N 66°30′W	4
6 July, 1942	Hainaut	Belgium Belgium	4,312	49°13′N 66°49′W	1
20 July, 1942	Frederika Lensen*	United Kingdom Great Britain	4,367	49°22′N 65°12′W	4
30 July, 1942	Pacific Pioneer	United Kingdom Great Britain	6,734	43°30′N 60°35′W	0
4 November, 1942	Empire Lynx	United Kingdom Great Britain	6,379	55°20′N 40°01′W	0
4 November, 1942	Hobbema	Netherlands Netherlands	5,507	55°30′N 40°00′W	28
4 November, 1942	Hatimura**	United Kingdom Great Britain	6,690	55°28′N 39°52′W	4

*Beached at Grand Vallée Bay, Quebec

Quebec

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. Declared a total loss.

**Damaged. Credit for skining this vessel belongs to U-442.

External links

• U-132 at u-boot-archiv.de

See also

• List of German U-boats