WWI U-boats
UB 50
| Type | UB III | ||||||
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 295) | ||||||
| Ordered | 20 May 1916 | ||||||
| Launched | 6 Jan 1917 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 12 Jul 1917 | ||||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | ||||||
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| Successes | 39 ships sunk with a total of 98,071 tons. 7 ships damaged with a total of 25,172 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 16,350 tons. (View ships hit by UB 50) | ||||||
| Fate | 16 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea, England in 1922.. | ||||||
On 9 November, 1918, a mere 2 days before the Armistice, UB 50 sank the old British battleship HMS Brittania with a torpedo hit (2 earlier torpedoes had barely missed). The battleship suffered an explosion of cordite and sank 3 hours later despite valiant efforts to save her.