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Unterseeboot 48 (1939)



The Unterseeboot 48, or U-48 was the most successful U-boat commissioned into the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. During her two years of active service, U-48 sank 55 ships for 321,000 tons, and damaged two more at 12,000 tons on twelve war patrols conducted during the opening stages of the Second Battle of the Atlantic.



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