U-48

1939 Type VIIB submarine
Vehicle u_boat Q673414
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U-48

Summary

U-48 is an U-boat[1]. U-48 ranks in the top 1% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • U-48's image is recorded as U 52.jpg[3].
  • U-48's instance of is recorded as U-boat[4].
  • U-48's item operated is recorded as Gruppenhorchgerät[5].
  • U-48's operator is recorded as Kriegsmarine[6].
  • U-48's manufacturer is recorded as Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft[7].
  • U-48's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86128277[8].
  • U-48's vessel class is recorded as Type VIIB submarine[9].
  • U-48's participated in conflict is recorded as Operation Weserübung[10].
  • U-48's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of the Atlantic[11].
  • U-48's yard number is recorded as 583[12].
  • U-48's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f6bv3[13].
  • U-48's service retirement is recorded as +1943-09-25T00:00:00Z[14].
  • U-48's significant event is recorded as order[15].
  • U-48's significant event is recorded as keel laying[16].
  • U-48's significant event is recorded as ship launching[17].
  • U-48's significant event is recorded as scuttling[18].
  • U-48's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[19].
  • U-48's location of creation is recorded as Kiel[20].
  • U-48's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[21].
  • U-48's different from is recorded as SM UB-48[22].
  • U-48's different from is recorded as SM U-48[23].
  • U-48's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+66.5'}[24].
  • U-48's capital cost is recorded as {'unit': 'Q155009', 'amount': '+4439000'}[25].
  • U-48's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as U-48[26].
  • U-48's country of registry is recorded as Germany[27].

Why It Matters

U-48 ranks in the top 1% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[2] U-48 has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] U-48 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ubootarchiv.de. Retrieved . ubootarchiv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ubootarchiv.de. Retrieved . ubootarchiv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ubootarchiv.de. Retrieved . ubootarchiv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ubootarchiv.de. Retrieved . ubootarchiv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ubootarchiv.de. Retrieved . ubootarchiv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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