SM U-50

SM U-50 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-50 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

U-50 is most notable for sinking the armed Merchant cruiser Laconia which killed 2 Americans before the US had entered the war. Laconia was also the 15th largest ship destroyed by submarine during the war.