Name U-48 Commissioned 22 April 1916 Launched 3 October 1915 Builder Kaiserliche Werft Danzig | Ordered 4 August 1914 Draft 3.74 m | |
Fate Scuttled 24 November 1917 after exchanging fire with British patrol craft – 19 dead and 17 survivors. Displacement 725 t (714 long tons) surfaced940 t (930 long tons) submerged | ||
SM U-48 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.
On 24 November 1917 she ran aground on Goodwin Sands. There she was fired on by HMS Gipsy. U-48 was scuttled and abandoned. HMS Gipsy continued to fire, killing 19. 17 were taken prisoner.
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