SM U-48

SM U-48[Note 1] 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.

History
German Empire
Name	U-48
Ordered	4 August 1914
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Yard number	26
Launched	3 October 1915
Commissioned	22 April 1916
Fate	Scuttled 24 November 1917 after exchanging fire with British patrol craft – 19 dead and 17 survivors.
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type U-43 submarine
Displacement	725 t (714 long tons) surfaced 940 t (930 long tons) submerged
Length	65.00 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (oa) 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) (pressure hull)
Height	9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.74 m (12 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × 2,000 PS (1,471 kW; 1,973 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) surfaced 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h; 11.2 mph) submerged
Range	11,400 nmi (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 51 nmi (94 km; 59 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement	36
Armament	4 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern) 6 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun
Service record[2]
Part of:	III Flotilla 8 June 1916 – 24 November 1917
Commanders:	Kptlt. Berndt Buß 22 April 1916 – 9 March 1917 Oblt.z.S. Hinrich Hermann Hashagen 10–16 March 1917 Kptlt. Karl Edeling 17 March – 24 November 1917
Operations:	8 patrols
Victories:	34 merchant ships sunk (104,558 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (180 GRT) 2 merchant ships taken as prize (5,904 GRT)

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.[3]