In
Service: 22 April 1939 to 3 May 1945
Ordered: 21 November 1936
Builder: F.
Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel
Construction No: 583
Laid
down: 10 March 1937
Launched: 8 March 1939
Commissioned:
22 April 1939
Type: Class: Atlantic U-boat
Displacement:
Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion:
Propellers: Speed: Range: Crew:
Armament: Armour: Aircraft: Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants: Other:
Articles: Saved
one crew while seeking another 22 April 1939 The U-48 is commissioned.
Date
Details.
Date Details.
Date Details.
Date Details.
Date Details.
3
May 1945 Details.
Position 48� 10N 16� 12, crew lost.
Herbert Schultze Takes command on 22 April 1939
Ends command on 20 May 1940
Hans Rudolf R�sing Takes command
on 21 May 1940
Ends command on 3 September 1940
Heinrich Bleichrodt
Takes command on 4 September 1940
Ends command on 16 December 1940
Herbert Schultze Takes command on 17 December 1940
Ends command
on 27 July 1941
Siegfried Atzinger Takes command on August
1941
Ends command on September 1942
Diether Todenhagen
Takes command on 26 September 1942
Ends command on October 1943
German
Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German U-boat Commanders of World War II.
ISBN-10: 1853673668
German U-boat Losses during World War II.
ISBN-10: 1557506418
For
a complete list of
sources
