WWI U-boats
U 50
Type | U 43 | ||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 28) | ||||
Ordered | 4 Aug 1914 | ||||
Launched | 31 Dec 1915 | ||||
Commissioned | 4 Jul 1916 | ||||
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Career | 5 patrols | ||||
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Successes | 27 ships sunk with a total of 92,924 tons. (View ships hit by U 50) | ||||
Fate | 31 Aug 1917 - Sunk probably from a mine off Terschelling on or after 31.8. 44 dead |
There was another U 50 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Nov 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 12 Dec 1939. Take a look at U 50 from WWII.