WWI U-boats

U 50

 

Type

U 43

Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig  (Werk 28)
Ordered 4 Aug 1914 Laid down  
Launched 31 Dec 1915 Commissioned 4 Jul 1916 
Commanders
4 Jul 1916 - 13 Oct 1917  Kptlt. Gerhard Berger
Career 5 patrols
30 Aug 1916 - 31 Aug 1917 III Flotilla
Successes27 ships sunk for a total of 92,924 tons. 
Fate 31 Aug 1917 - Sunk probably from a mine off Terschelling on or after 31.8. 44 dead (all hands lost). 

See the 27 ships hit by U 50


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 the U 50 from WWII.

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