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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment

SM U-50



4th July 1916   SM U-50

Type U 43 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 28) Ordered 4 Aug 1914 Launched 31 Dec 1915 Commissioned 4 Jul 1916

Commanders.
4 Jul 1916 - 31 Aug 1917 Gerhard Berger

Career 5 patrols.
30 Aug 1916 - 31 Aug 1917 III Flotilla

Successes 27 ships sunk with a total of 92,924 tons.

  • 10 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Bogota 4,577 br
  • 11 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Løkken 1,954 nw
  • 11 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Morazan 3,486 br
  • 11 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Sarah Radcliffe 3,333 br
  • 12 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger San Giovanni 1,315 it
  • 12 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Stylinai Bebis 3,603 gr
  • 12 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Ioannis 3,828 gr
  • 13 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Lela 2,987 it
  • 14 Nov 1916 U 50 Gerhard Berger Hatsuse 282 br
  • 18 Feb 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Jean Pierre 449 fr
  • 22 Feb 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Blenheim 1,144 nw
  • 24 Feb 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Falcon 2,244 br
  • 25 Feb 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Aries 3,071 br
  • 25 Feb 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Huntsman 7,460 br
  • 25 Feb 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Laconia 18,099 br
  • 11 Apr 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Sarvsfos 1,462 nw
  • 19 Apr 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Avocet 1,219 br
  • 20 Apr 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Emma 2,520 br
  • 21 Apr 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Diadem 4,307 br
  • 23 Apr 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Dykland 4,291 br
  • 23 Apr 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Oswald 5,185 br
  • 25 Apr 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Swanmore 6,373 br
  • 7 Jun 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Yuba 1,458 nw
  • 11 Jun 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Sigrun 2,538 nw
  • 16 Jun 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Carrie Hervey 111 br
  • 21 Jun 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Ortona 5,524 br
  • 26 Jun 1917 U 50 Gerhard Berger Vonin 104 da

Fate 31 Aug 1917 - Sunk probably from a mine off Terschelling on or after 31st August 1917. Casualties: 44 dead (all hands lost).

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.

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