WWI U-boats

U 142

Type U 142
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 303)
Ordered 29 Nov 1916
Launched 4 Mar 1918
Commissioned 10 Nov 1918
Commanders
10 Nov 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 KrvKpt. Erich Eckelmann
Career No patrols
No flotilla information available
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 10 Nov 1918 - Taken right back to the dockyard after being commissioned and demilitarized and finally broken up at Oslebshausen in 1919. Engine plants were surrendered to the allies..

There was another U 142 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 27 Jul 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 4 Sep 1940. Take a look at U 142 from WWII.


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