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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 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class & type | Type U-43 submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 65.00 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
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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 |
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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 [3] | |
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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. In violation of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, HMS Gipsy continued to fire, killing an additional 19 survivors. Only 17 survived to be taken prisoner. [4]
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 2] | Fate [5] |
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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 |