SM U 142
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull deep-sea boat submarine cruiser war mission N |
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| Series: | U 142 - U 144 | |
| Builder: | Germania shipyard , Kiel | |
| Construction contract: | November 29, 1916 | |
| Launch: | March 4, 1918 | |
| Commissioning: | November 10, 1918 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 2158 tons ↑ 2785 tons ↓ |
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| Length: | 97.5 m | |
| Width: | 9.06 m | |
| Draft: | 5.38 m ↑ 11.2 m (height of the tower above Kiel) |
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| Pressure body ø: | 5.7 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 75 m | |
| Dive time: | about 40 seconds | |
| Drive: | 2 diesel engines 6000 PS 2 electric machines 2600 PS |
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| Speed: | 17.5 Kn ↑ 8.5 Kn ↓ |
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| Route: | 20,000 nm / 6 kn ↑ 70 nm / 4.5 kn ↓ |
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| Armament: | 4 × 50 cm bow torpedo tube 2 × 50 cm stern torpedo tube (19–24 torpedoes) 2 × 15 cm deck gun L / 45 (980 rounds) 2 × 8.8 cm deck gun L / 30 (200 rounds) |
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| Crew (target strength): | 6 officers 56 men, 21-member prize squad |
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| Calls: | no | |
| Successes: | no | |
| Whereabouts: | 1919 scrapped in Bremen- Oslebshausen - machines handed over to the victorious states. | |
SM U 142 was a submarine cruiser of the German Imperial Navy , which was put into service by Corvette Captain Erich Eckelmann on the eve of the surrender at the end of World War I and then brought back to the shipyard . Eckelmann had previously commanded the U-cruiser SM U 155 .
particularities
U 142 is so far (as of 2019) the largest combat submarine ever put into service by a German Navy. It surpassed the largest submarines in the German submarine class X in World War II . The boat, also known as a U-cruiser or U-ship , which is cozy due to its size, was considered a submersible surface ship. In addition to six torpedo tubes and up to 24 torpedoes, U 142 had a comparatively powerful deck artillery with several guns. It was therefore suitable for both unrestricted submarine warfare and for trade wars based on the price order . An accompanying prize squad, consisting of an officer and 20 men, was supposed to facilitate the loading and possible bringing in of merchant ships. However, the development came too late to have any impact on the course of the war.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sarah Uttridge (Project Management): submarines. Parragon Books Ltd, Bath n.d., ISBN 978-1-4075-8418-8 , pp. 32f.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
- Erich Gröner: The German warships 1815-1945 . JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich, 1966.
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