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    U-48 TYPE VII-B

    by WORDS MIKE HASKEW Nov 27, 2017 4 minutes

    “IF ENOUGH U-BOATS WERE CONSTRUCTED AND DEPLOYED, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STRANGLE BRITAIN INTO SUBMISSION”

    “THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SUBMARINE OF WORLD WAR II IN TERMS OF SHIPS AND TONNAGE SUNK WAS THE TYPE VII-B U-48, LAUNCHED ON 8 MARCH 1939”

    U-48 TYPE VII-B

    COMMISSIONED: 22 APRIL 1939

    ORIGIN: NAZI GERMANY

    LENGTH: 66.5M (218.2FT)

    CREW: 44

    RANGE: 6,500 NM SURFACED; 90 NM SUBMERGED

    DISPLACEMENT: 753 TONS SURFACED

    ENGINE: 2 X KRUPP GERMANIAWERFT DIESEL

    ENGINES SURFACED; 2 X ALLEGMEINE ELEKTRICITATS-GESELLSCHAFT AG (AEG) ELECTRIC MOTORS SUBMERGED

    PRIMARY WEAPONS: 4 X 53.3CM (21IN) AND 1 X 53.3CM STERN TORPEDO TUBES; 14

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