U-50

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kiel
gptkbp:builder_location gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Kapitänleutnant_Hans-Joachim_Hesse
Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz Marbach
gptkbp:commission_date 1940-01-15
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1940
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crew 44 men
gptkbp:crew_losses 44 men lost
gptkbp:deck_gun 1 x 88 mm
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1940
gptkbp:depth 230 meters
gptkbp:design German Type VII design
gptkbp:displacement 769 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk by British warship
gptkbp:finale_date gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:historical_context World War II naval warfare
gptkbp:historical_significance part of U-boat campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U-50
gptkbp:launch_date 1939-12-21
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:length 67.1 meters
gptkbp:mission_type reconnaissance
gptkbp:notable_event first patrol
gptkbp:notable_mission first patrol mission
gptkbp:notable_ships 14 torpedoes
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:operational_period 1939-1940
gptkbp:operational_status sunk
gptkbp:patrols_completed 1 patrol
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sinking_cause depth charge attack
gptkbp:sinking_day gptkb:14
gptkbp:sinking_month September
gptkbp:sinking_year gptkb:1940
gptkbp:speed_submerged 7.6 knots
gptkbp:speed_surface 17 knots
gptkbp:submarine_class Type VII
gptkbp:successor U-51
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:HMS_Wren
gptkb:1940
1940-09-14
North Atlantic
gptkbp:survivors gptkb:none
gptkbp:torpedo_tubes 4 bow tubes
gptkbp:total_tonnage_sunk 0 tons
gptkbp:type gptkb:Type_VII_U-boat
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U-50_Miss_D._A._M._Racing
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8