SM UB-48
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Name | UB-48 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916[2] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 293 |
Launched | 6 January 1917[1] |
Commissioned | 11 June 1917[1] |
Fate | Scuttled at Pola on 28 October 1918 following the surrender of Austria-Hungary.[1] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[1] |
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Operations: | 9 patrols |
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The SM UB-48 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. It was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 11 June 1917 as SM UB-48.[Note 1]
The submarine conducted nine patrols and sank 35 ships during the war for a total loss of 107,795 gross register tons (GRT) and one destroyer.[3] It operated as part of the Pola Flotilla and later the II Mediterranean U-boat Flotilla based in Cattaro.[3] UB-48 was one of the most successful U-boats serving in the Mediterranean. The boat was assigned the number U-79 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.[1] It was scuttled in Pola after the surrender of Austria-Hungary on 28 October 1918.[1]
Construction
[edit]UB-48 was ordered by the GIN on 20 May 1916 and built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg. Following less than a year of construction, it was launched at Hamburg on 6 January 1917. UB-48 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Wolfgang Steinbauer.[3] Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-48 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-48 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,090 nautical miles (16,830 km; 10,460 mi). UB-48 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 651 t (641 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) when surfaced and 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) when submerged.
Summary of raiding history
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Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate |
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12 August 1917 | Roanoke | ![]() | 4,803 | Sunk |
14 August 1917 | HMS Prize | ![]() | 199 | Sunk |
18 August 1917 | Kongsli | ![]() | 5,826 | Sunk |
20 August 1917 | Serra Do Marco | ![]() | 74 | Sunk |
20 August 1917 | Serra Do Pilar | ![]() | 65 | Sunk |
23 August 1917 | Winlaton | ![]() | 3,270 | Sunk |
27 August 1917 | Hathor | ![]() | 3,823 | Sunk |
2 October 1917 | Imera | ![]() | 1,172 | Sunk |
6 October 1917 | Citta Di Bari | ![]() | 1,489 | Sunk |
9 October 1917 | Niki | ![]() | 511 | Sunk |
14 October 1917 | Valparaiso | ![]() | 4,930 | Sunk |
19 October 1917 | Pera | ![]() | 7,635 | Sunk |
20 October 1917 | Collegian | ![]() | 7,520 | Sunk |
27 November 1917 | Glenbridge | ![]() | 3,845 | Damaged |
4 December 1917 | Dowlais | ![]() | 3,016 | Sunk |
4 December 1917 | Gerasimos | ![]() | 3,845 | Sunk |
8 December 1917 | Consols | ![]() | 3,756 | Sunk |
27 January 1918 | Volonta Di Dio | ![]() | 43 | Sunk |
30 January 1918 | Harlaw | ![]() | 821 | Sunk |
2 February 1918 | Celia | ![]() | 5,004 | Sunk |
2 February 1918 | Edilio | ![]() | 4,719 | Sunk |
2 February 1918 | Newminster Abbey | ![]() | 3,114 | Sunk |
3 February 1918 | Aboukir | ![]() | 3,660 | Sunk |
7 February 1918 | Sturton | ![]() | 4,406 | Sunk |
26 April 1918 | Upada | ![]() | 5,257 | Damaged |
26 April 1918 | Leopold D’or | ![]() | 2,300 | Sunk |
27 April 1918 | Romany | ![]() | 3,983 | Sunk |
27 April 1918 | Saint Jean | ![]() | 287 | Damaged |
29 April 1918 | Kingstonian | ![]() | 6,564 | Sunk |
29 April 1918 | HMT Dalkeith | ![]() | 748 | Sunk |
29 April 1918 | Monte Bianco | ![]() | 988 | Damaged |
29 April 1918 | HMT Moose | ![]() | 208 | Damaged |
2 May 1918 | Franklyn | ![]() | 4,919 | Sunk |
2 May 1918 | Tyler | ![]() | 3,928 | Sunk |
5 May 1918 | Clan Ross | ![]() | 5,971 | Damaged |
2 June 1918 | San Antonio | ![]() | 389 | Sunk |
6 June 1918 | Christophero Colombo | ![]() | 264 | Sunk |
10 June 1918 | Nivernais | ![]() | 2,555 | Sunk |
13 June 1918 | Penhallow | ![]() | 4,318 | Sunk |
16 August 1918 | Balkan | ![]() | 1,709 | Sunk |
18 August 1918 | Nordboen | ![]() | 2,417 | Sunk |
1 September 1918 | Baron Minto | ![]() | 4,537 | Damaged |
1 September 1918 | Monviso | ![]() | 4,020 | Damaged |
18 October 1918 | Voltaire | ![]() | 18,400 | Damaged |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ^ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
- ^ Rössler 1979, p. 65.
- ^ a b c d Bendert 2000, p. 123.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UB 48". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: eine Bilddokumentation über den deutschen U-Bootbau; in zwei Bänden (in German). Vol. I. Munich: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.