SM U-50

History
German Empire
Name:	U-50
Ordered:	4 August 1914
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Launched:	31 December 1915
Commissioned:	4 July 1916
Fate:	Sunk probably by a mine off Terschelling on or after 31 August 1917
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 4 July 1916 – 31 August 1917
Commanders:	Kptlt. Gerhard Berger
Operations:	5 patrols
Victories:	27 merchant ships sunk (92,924 GRT).

SM U-50 was one of 329 submarines in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

U-50 is most notable for sinking the armed merchant cruiser Laconia, killing 2 Americans before the USA had entered the war. Laconia was also the 15th largest ship destroyed by submarine in the war.

Coordinates: 55°25′00″N 04°17′00″E / 55.41667°N 4.28333°E / 55.41667; 4.28333

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