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SM U-50 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. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-50? There are:0 items tagged SM U-50 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-50 during the Great War 1914-1918.