WWI U-boats

U 120

Type UE 2
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 94)
Ordered 27 May 1916
Launched 20 Jun 1918
Commissioned 31 Aug 1918
Commanders
31 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Hans von Mellenthin (Pour le Mérite)
Career No patrols
No flotilla information available
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 22 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to Italy. Broken up at La Spezia in April 1919..

There was another U 120 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 16 Mar 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 20 Apr 1940. Take a look at U 120 from WWII.


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