page_title: German submarine U-848
section_title: Service history
hierarchical_section_title: German submarine U-848 / Service history
caption_attribution_description: Português: U-848 sob ataque do Liberator 107-B-12 "Aruba No. 12".
context_page_description: German submarine U-848 was a Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Laid down in Bremen and completed in February 1943, the boat was a long-range Type IX, with four bow and two stern torpedo tubes.
  She was commanded throughout her brief service life by Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Rollmann, who led her through her sea trials and onto her first war patrol on 18 September 1943.
context_section_description: U-848's first patrol was to join the Monsun Gruppe, based in the Indian Ocean. On 2 November 1943, she torpedoed and sank the unescorted 4,573 GRT British steamship Baron Semple NW of Ascension Island. All hands were lost.
caption: U-848 under attack
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