Name U-50 Commissioned 4 July 1916 Launched 31 December 1915 | Ordered 4 August 1914 Draft 3.74 m | |
Displacement 725 t (714 long tons) surfaced940 t (930 long tons) submerged | ||
SM U-50 was one of 329 submarines in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
U-50 is most notable for sinking the armed merchant cruiser Laconia, killing 2 Americans before the USA had entered the war. Laconia was also the 15th largest ship destroyed by submarine in the war.
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