German submarine U-532 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

U-532 began her service career with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla from 11 November 1942.

The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 4,400 metric horsepower (3,240 kW; 4,340 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1,000 shaft horsepower (1,010 PS; 750 kW) for use while submerged.

[1] The boat departed Kiel on 25 March 1943, moved through the North Sea, negotiated the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and entered the Atlantic Ocean.

Departing Lorient on 3 July 1943, she had rounded Africa by the 27th and entered the Indian Ocean.

She was in the first wave of U-boats in the newly formed Monsun Gruppe operating out of Japanese-occupied Penang.

The pickings continued to be rich; amongst other victims, she sank Tulagi northeast of Cape Comorin in southern India[3] on 27 March 1944.