U-139
Type | IID | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Sep, 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 20 Nov, 1939 | Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 268) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 28 Jun, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Jul, 1940 | Kptlt. Robert Bartels | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 24 Jul, 1940 - 3 Oct, 1940 1. Flottille (training) 4 Oct, 1940 - 30 Apr, 1941 21. Flottille (school boat) 1 May, 1941 - 21 Jun, 1941 22. Flottille (school boat) 22 Jun, 1941 - 31 Jul, 1941 22. Flottille (front boat) 1 Aug, 1941 - 2 May, 1945 22. Flottille (school boat) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven. Wreck broken up, date unknown. | |||||||||||||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-139 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-139 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 3 Dec, 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 May, 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 139 during WWI.

