WWI U-boats

U 140

Type U 139
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 301)
Ordered 1 Aug 1916
Launched 4 Nov 1917
Commissioned 28 Mar 1918
Commanders
28 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 KrvKpt. Waldemar Kophamel (Pour le Mérite)
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla
Successes7 ships sunk with a total of 30,594 tons. (View ships hit by U 140)
Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to the USA. Used for testing, sunk by US destroyer Dickerson at Cape Charles on 22 July 1921..

There was another U 140 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 28 Jun 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 7 Aug 1940. Take a look at U 140 from WWII.


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