SM U 120
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull deep-sea boat Large mine submarine (UE II) War mission L |
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| Series: | U 117 - U 121 | |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg | |
| Build number: | 94 | |
| Construction contract: | May 27, 1916 | |
| Launch: | June 20, 1918 | |
| Commissioning: | August 31, 1918 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 1164 tons (above water) 1512 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 81.52 m | |
| Width: | 7.42 m | |
| Draft: | 4.22 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.50 - 4.90 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 75 m | |
| Dive time: | 30 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2400 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 14.7 knots (above water) 7.0 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 4 × 50 cm bow torpedo tube 2 × stern mine tube (14 torpedoes, min. 42 mines) 1 × 15.0 cm deck gun |
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| Mission data | ||
| Commander: | ||
| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 36 men |
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| Calls: | no patrols | |
| Successes: | no | |
| Whereabouts: | extradited to Italy on November 22, 1918; scrapped in La Spezia in April 1919 | |
SM U 120 was a diesel-electric mines - Submarine of Class P II of the German Imperial Navy in the First World War .
Commissioning
U 120 was commissioned on May 27, 1916 expired on 20 June 1918 at the AG Vulcan in Hamburg from the stack and was put into service on August 31, 1918th The boat was assigned to the Mediterranean submarine flotilla . The first and only German commander was Kapitänleutnant Hans-Joachim von Mellenthin .
commander
Von Mellenthin had already been awarded the Order Pour le Mérite when he took command of U 120 . Together with UB 43 and UB 49 he had sunk over 150,000 GRT of shipping space. Until the end of the war, however, he was no longer able to move into the Mediterranean with the U 120 and also to carry out an enemy mission.
Whereabouts
U 120 was delivered to the Kingdom of Italy on November 22, 1918 and scrapped in La Spezia in April 1919 after a brief visit .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 141
- ↑ Distribution of German submarines after the First World War (including SM U 120 ) according to www.dubm.de ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 91
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
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