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 . U-48 was scuttled and abandoned. HMS Gipsy continued to fire, killing 19. 17 were taken prisoner.[1]
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[2] | Fate[3] | |
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6 August 1916 | Pendennis | United Kingdom | 2,123 | Captured as prize | |
2 October 1916 | Lotusmere | United Kingdom | 3,911 | Sunk | |
4 October 1916 | Brink | Norway | 1,391 | Sunk | |
6 October 1916 | Suchan | 3,781 | Captured as prize | ||
6 October 1916 | Tuva | Sweden | 2,270 | Sunk | |
29 December 1916 | Tuskar | 3,042 | Sunk | ||
6 January 1917 | Alphonse Conseil | France | 1,591 | Sunk | |
6 January 1917 | Ville Du Havre | France | 5,026 | Sunk | |
7 January 1917 | Borgholm | Norway | 1,719 | Sunk | |
7 January 1917 | Evangelos | Greece | 3,773 | Sunk | |
8 January 1917 | Tholma | Norway | 1,896 | Sunk | |
12 January 1917 | Emeraude | France | 183 | Sunk | |
12 January 1917 | Vestfold | Norway | 1,883 | Sunk | |
14 January 1917 | Sydney | France | 2,695 | Sunk | |
16 January 1917 | Esperanca | Norway | 4,428 | Sunk | |
19 January 1917 | Nailsea Court | United Kingdom | 3,295 | Sunk | |
3 March 1917 | Connaught | United Kingdom | 2,646 | Sunk | |
4 March 1917 | Adelaide | United Kingdom | 180 | Damaged | |
4 March 1917 | The Macbain | United Kingdom | 291 | Sunk | |
7 March 1917 | Navarra | Norway | 1,261 | Sunk | |
9 March 1917 | Abeja | United Kingdom | 174 | Sunk | |
9 March 1917 | East Point | United Kingdom | 5,234 | Sunk | |
12 March 1917 | Guerveur | France | 2,596 | Sunk | |
12 May 1917 | San Onofre | United Kingdom | 9,717 | Sunk | |
13 May 1917 | Jessmore | United Kingdom | 3,911 | Sunk | |
15 May 1917 | Meuse | France | 4,075 | Sunk | |
17 May 1917 | Margareta | 1,873 | Sunk | ||
21 May 1917 | Lynton | 2,531 | Sunk | ||
21 May 1917 | Madura | Norway | 1,096 | Sunk | |
13 July 1917 | Gibel-Yedid | United Kingdom | 949 | Sunk | |
14 July 1917 | Exford | United Kingdom | 5,886 | Sunk | |
15 July 1917 | Torcello | United Kingdom | 2,929 | Sunk | |
16 July 1917 | Asama | United Kingdom | 284 | Sunk | |
31 August 1917 | Westbury | United Kingdom | 3,097 | Sunk | |
7 September 1917 | Minnehaha | United Kingdom | 13,714 | Sunk | |
9 September 1917 | Elsa | Denmark | 1,236 | Sunk | |
15 September 1917 | Rollesby | United Kingdom | 3,955 | Sunk |