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SS Laconia
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.
John Doran
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