SM U-50[Note 1] was one of 329 submarines in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
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Name | U-50 |
Ordered | 4 August 1914 |
Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Yard number | 28 |
Launched | 31 December 1915 |
Commissioned | 4 July 1916 |
Fate | Sunk probably by a mine off Terschelling on or after 31 August 1917 [1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Type U-43 submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 65.00 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam |
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Height | 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 36 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | 5 patrols |
Victories: | 27 merchant ships sunk (92,924 GRT) |
U-50 is most notable for sinking the Laconia, formerly an armed merchant cruiser which had returned to passenger service, killing two Americans before the United States had entered the war. Laconia was also the 15th largest ship destroyed by submarine in the war.[4]
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[5] |
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10 November 1916 | Bogota | ![]() | 4,577 | Sunk |
11 November 1916 | Løkken | ![]() | 1,954 | Sunk |
11 November 1916 | Morazan | ![]() | 3,486 | Sunk |
11 November 1916 | Sarah Radcliffe | ![]() | 3,333 | Sunk |
12 November 1916 | San Giovanni | ![]() | 1,315 | Sunk |
12 November 1916 | Stylinai Bebis | ![]() | 3,603 | Sunk |
12 November 1916 | Ioannis | ![]() | 3,828 | Sunk |
13 November 1916 | Lela | ![]() | 2,987 | Sunk |
14 November 1916 | Hatsuse | ![]() | 282 | Sunk |
18 February 1917 | Jean Pierre | ![]() | 449 | Sunk |
22 February 1917 | Blenheim | ![]() | 1,144 | Sunk |
24 February 1917 | Falcon | ![]() | 2,244 | Sunk |
25 February 1917 | Aries | ![]() | 3,071 | Sunk |
25 February 1917 | Huntsman | ![]() | 7,460 | Sunk |
25 February 1917 | Laconia | ![]() | 18,099 | Sunk |
11 April 1917 | Sarvsfos | ![]() | 1,462 | Sunk |
19 April 1917 | Avocet | ![]() | 1,219 | Sunk |
20 April 1917 | Emma | ![]() | 2,520 | Sunk |
21 April 1917 | Diadem | ![]() | 4,307 | Sunk |
23 April 1917 | Dykland | ![]() | 4,291 | Sunk |
23 April 1917 | Oswald | ![]() | 5,185 | Sunk |
25 April 1917 | Swanmore | ![]() | 6,373 | Sunk |
7 June 1917 | Yuba | ![]() | 1,458 | Sunk |
11 June 1917 | Sigrun | ![]() | 2,538 | Sunk |
16 June 1917 | Carrie Hervey | ![]() | 111 | Sunk |
21 June 1917 | Ortona | ![]() | 5,524 | Sunk |
26 June 1917 | Vonin | ![]() | 104 | Sunk |
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
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