WWI U-boats
U 48
Type | U 43 | ||||||||
| Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 26) | ||||||||
| Ordered | 4 Aug 1914 | Laid down | |||||||
| Launched | 3 Oct 1915 | Commissioned | 22 Apr 1916 | ||||||
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| Career | 8 patrols | ||||||||
| 8 Jun 1916 - 24 Nov 1917 III Flotilla |
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| Successes | 34 ships sunk for a total of 104,558 tons. 1 ship damaged for a total of 180 tons. 2 ships taken as prize for a total of 5,904 tons. | ||||||||
| Fate | 24 Nov 1917 - While waiting for the moon to set, U 48 drifted and eventually went aground at high tide on the Goodwin Sands. She was discovered at dawn by British patrol craft. After a brief exchange of gunfire, scuttling charges were set and the crew abandoned the boat.. 19 dead and 17 survivors. | ||||||||
| The shifting sands of the Goodwin Sands occassional expose the wreck of U 48 |
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There was another U 48 in World War Two That boat was launched from its shipyard on 8 Mar 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 22 Apr 1939. Take a look at the U 48 from WWII. |

