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.
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| Name | U-48 |
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| Ordered | 4 August 1914 |
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| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig |
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| Yard number | 26 |
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| Launched | 3 October 1915 |
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| Commissioned | 22 April 1916 |
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| Fate | Scuttled 24 November 1917 |
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| Class & type | Type U-43 submarine |
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| Displacement |
- 725 t (714 long tons) surfaced
- 940 t (930 long tons) submerged
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| Length | 65.00 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
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| Beam |
- 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (oa)
- 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) (pressure hull)
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| Height | 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in) |
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| Draught | 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) |
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| Installed power |
- 2 × 2,000 PS (1,471 kW; 1,973 shp) surfaced
- 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts |
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| Speed |
- 15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) surfaced
- 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h; 11.2 mph) submerged
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| Range |
- 11,400 nmi (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
- 51 nmi (94 km; 59 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
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| Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
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| Complement | 36 |
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| Part of |
- III Flotilla
- 8 June 1916 – 24 November 1917
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| Commanders |
- Kptlt. Berndt Buß
- 22 April 1916 – 9 March 1917
- Oblt.z.S. Hinrich Hermann Hashagen
- 10–16 March 1917
- Kptlt. Karl Edeling
- 17 March – 24 November 1917
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| Operations | 8 patrols |
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| Victories |
- 34 merchant ships sunk
(104,558 GRT)
- 1 merchant ship damaged
(180 GRT)
- 2 merchant ships taken as prize
(5,904 GRT)
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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]
