WWI U-boats

UB 48

Type UB III
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 293)
Ordered 20 May 1916
Launched 6 Jan 1917
Commissioned 11 Jun 1917
Commanders
11 Jun 1917 - 28 Oct 1918 Kptlt. Wolfgang Steinbauer (Pour le Mérite)
Career 9 patrols
2 Sep 1917 - 28 Oct 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla
Successes36 ships sunk with a total of 110,095 tons.
8 ships damaged with a total of 25,113 tons.
1 warship damaged with a total of 18,400 tons. (View ships hit by UB 48)
Fate 28 Oct 1918 - Scuttled at Pola in position 44.52N, 13.50E on the surrender of Austro-Hungary..


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