SM U-48 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-48 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
On 24 November 1917 she ran aground on Goodwin Sands. There she was fired on by . U-48 was scuttled and abandoned. In violation of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, HMS Gipsy continued to fire, killing an additional 19 survivors. Only 17 survived to be taken prisoner. Or, she fouled an anti-submarine net and drifted aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was attacked at daylight by Naval drifters HMT Paramount, HMT Majesty, and HMT Present Help all (()). She was able to drive them off, but they were reinforced by Naval drifters HMT Acceptable, HMT Feasible, HMT Lord Claud Hamilton, and destroyer all (). She was then scuttled with explosives with the loss of her Captain and eighteen of her 36 crew, 17 taken as POWs.
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageTonnages are in gross register tonsFate6 August 1916Pendennis2,123Captured as prize2 October 1916Lotusmere3,911Sunk4 October 1916Brink1,391Sunk6 October 1916Suchan3,781Captured as prize6 October 1916Tuva2,270Sunk29 December 1916Tuskar3,042Sunk6 January 1917Alphonse Conseil1,591Sunk6 January 1917Ville Du Havre5,026Sunk7 January 1917Borgholm1,719Sunk7 January 1917Evangelos3,773Sunk8 January 1917Tholma1,896Sunk12 January 1917Emeraude183Sunk12 January 1917Vestfold1,883Sunk14 January 1917Sydney2,695Sunk16 January 1917Esperanca4,428Sunk19 January 1917Nailsea Court3,295Sunk3 March 1917Connaught2,646Sunk4 March 1917Adelaide180Damaged4 March 1917The Macbain291Sunk7 March 1917Navarra1,261Sunk9 March 1917Abeja174Sunk9 March 1917East Point5,234Sunk12 March 1917Guerveur2,596Sunk12 May 1917San Onofre9,717Sunk13 May 1917Jessmore3,911Sunk15 May 1917Meuse4,075Sunk17 May 1917Margareta1,873Sunk21 May 1917Lynton2,531Sunk21 May 1917Madura1,096Sunk13 July 1917Gibel-Yedid949Sunk14 July 1917Exford5,886Sunk15 July 1917Torcello2,929Sunk16 July 1917Asama284Sunk31 August 1917Westbury3,097Sunk7 September 1917Minnehaha13,714Sunk9 September 1917Elsa1,236Sunk15 September 1917Rollesby3,955Sunk
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