SM U-48

History
German Empire
Name:	U-48
Ordered:	4 August 1914
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
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
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) deck gun
Service record
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)

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.

Coordinates: 51°11′N 1°31′E / 51.183°N 1.517°E / 51.183; 1.517

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