SM UB-48

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.

[2] UB-48 was ordered by the GIN on 20 May 1916 and built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg.

[3] Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-48 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun.

UB-48 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,090 nautical miles (16,830 km; 10,460 mi).

SM UB 48 under Captain Lieutenant Wolfgang Steinbauer invaded the Italian port of Carloforte on 29 April 1918 and destroyed the British steamer Kingstonian, two British salvage steamers and a French barque