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| Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 28) |
| Ordered | 4 Aug 1914 | Laid down | |
| Launched | 31 Dec 1915 | Commissioned | 4 Jul 1916 |
| Commanders | |
| Career | 5 patrols |
30 Aug 1916 - 31 Aug 1917 III Flotilla
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| Successes | 27 ships sunk with a total of 92,924 tons. |
| Fate | 31 Aug 1917 - Sunk probably from a mine off Terschelling on or after 31.8. 44 dead (all hands lost).
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See the 27 ships hit by U 50
There was another U 50 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Nov 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 12 Dec 1939. Take a look at the U 50 from WWII. |
