German submarine U-50 (1939)
Service
- as U-5012 December 1939 — 6 April 1940116 days of the war
- Name
- U-50
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 21 November 1936
- Laid down
- 3 November 1938
- Launched
- 1 November 1939
- Commissioned
- 12 December 1939
- Fate
- Sunk, 6 April 1940, in the North Sea north of Terschelling. 44 dead (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 741 long tons (753 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 843 long tons (857 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
- Range
- 8,700 nmi (16,112 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-50 was a submarine of the Type VIIB U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1939. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 3 November 1938. Launched on 1 November 1939, she entered service on 12 December 1939.
She was one of 24 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 741 long tons surfaced and 843 long tons submerged. She measured 66.5 m (218 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 116 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 6 April 1940. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 14 torpedoes or 26 TMA or 39 TMB mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun with 220 rounds
- C30 20 mm flak guns
Sister ships
- German submarine U-100 (1940)
- German submarine U-101 (1940)
- German submarine U-102 (1940)
- German submarine U-45 (1938)
- German submarine U-46 (1938)
- German submarine U-47 (1938)
- German submarine U-48 (1939)
- German submarine U-49 (1939)
- German submarine U-51 (1938)
- German submarine U-52 (1938)
- German submarine U-53 (1939)
- German submarine U-54 (1939)
- German submarine U-55 (1939)
- German submarine U-73 (1940)
- German submarine U-74 (1940)
- German submarine U-75 (1940)
- German submarine U-76 (1940)
- German submarine U-83 (1940)
- German submarine U-84 (1941)
- German submarine U-85 (1941)
- German submarine U-86 (1941)
- German submarine U-87 (1941)
- German submarine U-99 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-50 (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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