SM UC-49

SM UC-49 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 7 November 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 2 December 1916 as SM UC-49. In 13 patrols UC-49 was credited with sinking 24 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-49 was sunk by depth charges from British destroyer HMS Opossum (1895) off Start Point on 8 August 1918.