U-121

Type

IIB

 
Ordered28 Sep 1937
Laid down 16 Apr 1938 Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 269)
Launched20 Apr 1940
Commissioned28 May 1940Kptlt. Karl-Ernst Schroeter
Commanders
28 May 1940 - 30 Mar 1941  Kptlt. Karl-Ernst Schroeter
Oct, 1940 - 5 Nov 1940  Oblt. Otto Harms
6 Nov 1940 - 27 Nov 1940  Oblt. Adalbert Schnee (Knights Cross)
31 Mar 1941 - 8 Jul 1941  Oblt. Freiherr Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach (Knights Cross)
9 Jul 1941 - 25 Mar 1942  Kptlt. Gert Hetschko
26 Mar 1942 - 19 Apr 1942   Ernst von Witzendorff
16 May 1942 - 8 Feb 1943  Ltn. Otto Westphalen (Knights Cross)
Sep, 1942 - Dec, 1942  Ltn. Otto Hübschen (in deputize) -- acting
9 Feb 1943 - 22 Feb 1944  Oblt. Ewald Hülsenbeck
23 Feb 1944 - 2 May 1945  Oblt. Friedrich Horst
CareerNo patrols28 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1940 - 25 Mar 1942  21. Flottille (school boat)
26 Mar 1942 - 15 May 1942  24. Flottille (school boat)
16 May 1942 - 16 Mar 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
17 Mar 1945 - 2 May 1945  31. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled 2 May, 1945 at Bremerhaven. Raised in 1950 and broken up.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-121 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.