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Name | U-48 |
Ordered | 4 August 1914 |
Builder | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig |
Yard number | 26 |
Launched | 3 October 1915 |
Commissioned | 22 April 1916 |
Fate | Scuttled 24 November 1917 after exchanging fire with British patrol craft – 19 dead and 17 survivors. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type U-43 submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 65.00 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam |
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Height | 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts |
Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 36 |
Armament |
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Service record[2] | |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | 8 patrols |
Victories: |
SM U-48[Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-48 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
On 24 November 1917 she ran aground on Goodwin Sands. There she was fired on by HMS Gipsy. U-48 was scuttled and abandoned. HMS Gipsy continued to fire, killing 19. 17 were taken prisoner.[3]
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[4] |
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6 August 1916 | Pendennis | ![]() |
2,123 | Captured as prize |
2 October 1916 | Lotusmere | ![]() |
3,911 | Sunk |
4 October 1916 | Brink | ![]() |
1,391 | Sunk |
6 October 1916 | Suchan | ![]() |
3,781 | Captured as prize |
6 October 1916 | Tuva | ![]() |
2,270 | Sunk |
29 December 1916 | Tuskar | ![]() |
3,042 | Sunk |
6 January 1917 | Alphonse Conseil | ![]() |
1,591 | Sunk |
6 January 1917 | Ville Du Havre | ![]() |
5,026 | Sunk |
7 January 1917 | Borgholm | ![]() |
1,719 | Sunk |
7 January 1917 | Evangelos | ![]() |
3,773 | Sunk |
8 January 1917 | Tholma | ![]() |
1,896 | Sunk |
12 January 1917 | Emeraude | ![]() |
183 | Sunk |
12 January 1917 | Vestfold | ![]() |
1,883 | Sunk |
14 January 1917 | Sydney | ![]() |
2,695 | Sunk |
16 January 1917 | Esperanca | ![]() |
4,428 | Sunk |
19 January 1917 | Nailsea Court | ![]() |
3,295 | Sunk |
3 March 1917 | Connaught | ![]() |
2,646 | Sunk |
4 March 1917 | Adelaide | ![]() |
180 | Damaged |
4 March 1917 | The Macbain | ![]() |
291 | Sunk |
7 March 1917 | Navarra | ![]() |
1,261 | Sunk |
9 March 1917 | Abeja | ![]() |
174 | Sunk |
9 March 1917 | East Point | ![]() |
5,234 | Sunk |
12 March 1917 | Guerveur | ![]() |
2,596 | Sunk |
12 May 1917 | San Onofre | ![]() |
9,717 | Sunk |
13 May 1917 | Jessmore | ![]() |
3,911 | Sunk |
15 May 1917 | Meuse | ![]() |
4,075 | Sunk |
17 May 1917 | Margareta | ![]() |
1,873 | Sunk |
21 May 1917 | Lynton | ![]() |
2,531 | Sunk |
21 May 1917 | Madura | ![]() |
1,096 | Sunk |
13 July 1917 | Gibel-Yedid | ![]() |
949 | Sunk |
14 July 1917 | Exford | ![]() |
5,886 | Sunk |
15 July 1917 | Torcello | ![]() |
2,929 | Sunk |
16 July 1917 | Asama | ![]() |
284 | Sunk |
31 August 1917 | Westbury | ![]() |
3,097 | Sunk |
7 September 1917 | Minnehaha | ![]() |
13,714 | Sunk |
9 September 1917 | Elsa | ![]() |
1,236 | Sunk |
15 September 1917 | Rollesby | ![]() |
3,955 | Sunk |
References
Notes
- ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ^ Tonnages are in gross register tons
Citations
- ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 8–10.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 48". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ Lecane, Philip (2005). Torpedoed. Periscope Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 1-904381-30-8.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 48". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.