SM U 121
SM U 121 ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
||
---|---|---|
Construction data | ||
Submarine type: | Two-hull deep-sea boat Large mine submarine (UE II) War mission L |
|
Series: | U 117 - U 121 | |
Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg | |
Build number: | 95 | |
Construction contract: | May 27, 1916 | |
Launch: | September 20, 1918 | |
Technical specifications | ||
Displacement: | 1164 tons (above water) 1512 tons (under water) |
|
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 |
|
Speed: | 14.7 knots (above water) 7.0 knots (under water) |
|
Armament: | 4 × 50 cm bow torpedo tube 2 × stern mine tube (14 torpedoes, min. 42 mines) 1 × 15.0 cm deck gun |
|
Mission data | ||
Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 36 men |
|
Calls: | no | |
Successes: | no | |
Whereabouts: | extradited to France on March 9, 1919; sunk on July 1, 1921 as a target ship near Cherbourg |
SM U 121 was a diesel-electric mines - Submarine of Class II UE , which for the German Imperial Navy in the First World War was built.
construction
U 121 was commissioned on May 27, 1916, expired on 20 September 1918 at the AG Vulcan in Hamburg from the stack . Due to the armistice , it was completed, but not commissioned.
Whereabouts
U 121 was delivered to France on March 9, 1919 and sunk as a target ship near Cherbourg on July 1, 1921 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 69
- ↑ 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 .