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SM U-49 31st May 1916   SM U-49 Type U 43 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 27) Ordered 4 Aug 1914 Launched 26 Nov 1915 Commissioned 31 May 1916 Commanders 31 May 1916 - 11 Sep 1917 Richard Hartmann Career 6 patrols 7 Aug 1916 - 11 Sep 1917 III Flotilla Successes 38 ships sunk with a total of 86,320 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 2,609 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 566 tons. 29 Sep 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Haarfagre (prize) 566 nw 29 Sep 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Nornen 215 nw 1 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Seatonia 3,533 br 2 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Caswell 245 br 2 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Harfat Castle 274 br 2 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Kyoto 282 br 8 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Columbian 8,580 am 9 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Balto 3,538 nw 9 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Fordalen 2,835 nw 10 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Camma 794 nw 11 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Barbara 2,831 gr 11 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Ragnar 2,123 da 12 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Lady Carrington 3,269 br 12 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Leda (damaged) 1,140 nl 12 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Therese 1,333 da 15 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann La Briantais 255 fr 15 Nov 1916 U 49 Richard Hartmann Lorca 4,129 br 19 Feb 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Sigrid 2,194 ru 27 Feb 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Galgorm Castle 1,596 br 27 Feb 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Luigino B. 1,971 it 27 Feb 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Tritonia 4,445 br 3 Mar 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Newstead 2,836 br 3 Mar 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Sagamore 5,197 br 5 May 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Snig 2,115 nw 8 May 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Petunia 1,749 br 11 May 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Barrister 3,679 br 14 May 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Carnmoney 1,299 br 17 May 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann George Pyman 3,859 br 1 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Stalheim (damaged) 1,469 nw 3 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Cimbria 234 da 3 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Mary Boyes 101 da 3 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Proefneming I 112 nl 3 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Thor 105 nl 8 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Obuasi 4,416 br 10 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann King David 3,680 br 12 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Muirfield 3,086 br 15 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Dudhope 2,086 br 16 Jul 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Lamia L. 2,220 it 11 Sep 1917 U 49 Richard Hartmann Vienna 4,170 br Fate 11 Sep 1917 - Rammed in Biscay and sunk by gunfire from SS British Transport at 4617N 1442W. 43 dead (all hands lost). There was another U 49 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 24 Jun 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 12 Aug 1939. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-49? There are:0 items tagged SM U-49 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-49 during the Great War 1914-1918.