| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | U-50 |
| Ordered | 4 August 1914 |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Yard number | 28 |
| Launched | 31 December 1915 |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1916 |
| Fate | Sunk probably by a mine off Terschelling on or after 31 August 1917 [1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| 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 |
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| Service record | |
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| Operations: | 5 patrols |
| Victories: | 27 merchant ships sunk (92,924 GRT) |
SM U-50 [Note 1] was one of 329 submarines in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
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U-50 is most notable for sinking the Laconia, formerly an armed merchant cruiser which had returned to passenger service, killing two Americans before the United States had entered the war. Laconia was also the 15th largest ship destroyed by submarine in the war. [5]
