SM UB-48

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-48.

UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-48.
History
German Empire
NameUB-48
Ordered20 May 1916[1]
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Hamburg
Cost3,276,000 German Papiermark
Yard number293
Launched6 January 1917[2]
Commissioned11 June 1917[2]
FateScuttled at Pola on 28 October 1918 following the surrender of Austria-Hungary.[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeType UB III submarine
Displacement
  • 516 t (508 long tons) surfaced
  • 651 t (641 long tons) submerged
Length55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam5.80 m (19 ft)
Draught3.68 m (12 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) surfaced
  • 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 9,040 nmi (16,740 km; 10,400 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement3 officers, 31 men[2]
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • Mittelmeer / Mittelmeer II Flotilla
  • 2 September 1917 – 28 October 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Wolfgang Steinbauer[3]
  • 11 June 1917 – 28 October 1918
Operations: 9 patrols
Victories:
  • 33 merchant ships sunk
    (106,848 GRT)
  • 2 auxiliary warships sunk
    (947 GRT)
  • 6 merchant ships damaged
    (24,618 GRT)
  • 1 warship damaged
    (18,400 tons)
  • 2 auxiliary warships damaged
    (495 GRT)

The SM UB-48 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. It was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 11 June 1917 as SM UB-48.[Note 1]

The submarine conducted nine patrols and sank 35 ships during the war for a total loss of 107,795 gross register tons (GRT) and one destroyer.[3] It operated as part of the Pola Flotilla and later the II Mediterranean U-boat Flotilla based in Cattaro.[3] UB-48 was one of the most successful U-boats serving in the Mediterranean. The boat was assigned the number U-79 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.[2] It was scuttled in Pola after the surrender of Austria-Hungary on 28 October 1918.[2]

  1. ^ Rössler 1979, p. 65.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
  3. ^ a b c Bendert 2000, p. 123.


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