SM U-48
Introduction '''SM ''U-48''''' was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. ''U-48'' was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.On 24 November 1917 she ran aground on Goodwin Sands. There she was fired on by . ''U-48'' was scuttled and abandoned. HMS ''Gipsy'' continued to fire, killing 19.17 were taken prisoner.
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageFate6 August 1916''Pendennis''2,123Captured as prize2 October 1916''Lotusmere''3,911Sunk4 October 1916''Brink''1,391Sunk6 October 1916''Suchan''3,781 Captured as prize6 October 1916''Tuva''2,270Sunk29 December 1916''Tuskar''3,042Sunk6 January 1917''Alphonse Conseil''1,591Sunk6 January 1917''Ville Du Havre''5,026Sunk7 January 1917''Borgholm''1,719Sunk7 January 1917''Evangelos''3,773Sunk8 January 1917''Tholma''1,896Sunk12 January 1917''Emeraude''183Sunk12 January 1917''Vestfold''1,883Sunk14 January 1917''Sydney''2,695Sunk16 January 1917''Esperanca''4,428Sunk19 January 1917''Nailsea Court''3,295Sunk3 March 1917''Connaught''2,646Sunk4 March 1917''Adelaide''180Damaged4 March 1917''The Macbain''291Sunk7 March 1917''Navarra''1,261Sunk9 March 1917''Abeja''174Sunk9 March 1917''East Point''5,234Sunk12 March 1917''Guerveur''2,596Sunk12 May 1917''San Onofre''9,717Sunk13 May 1917''Jessmore''3,911Sunk15 May 1917''Meuse''4,075Sunk17 May 1917''Margareta''1,873Sunk21 May 1917''Lynton''2,531Sunk21 May 1917''Madura''1,096Sunk13 July 1917''Gibel-Yedid''949Sunk14 July 1917''Exford''5,886Sunk15 July 1917''Torcello''2,929Sunk16 July 1917''Asama''284Sunk31 August 1917''Westbury''3,097Sunk7 September 1917''Minnehaha''13,714Sunk9 September 1917''Elsa''1,236Sunk15 September 1917''Rollesby''3,955Sunk
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