Unterseeboot 120 (1940)

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Career (Nazi Germany)

Name:	U-120
Ordered:	15 December 1937
Builder:	Flender-Werke, Lübeck
Laid down:	31 March 1938
Commissioned:	20 April 1940
Fate:	Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Bremerhaven. Raised in 1950 and broken up
Class and type:	IIB

Service record
Part of	Kriegsmarine:
Commanders	Oblt. Ernst Bauer (Knight's Cross) Wolfgang Heyda Willy-Roderich Körner Hans Fiedler Alfred Radermacher Oblt. Joachim Sauerbier Oblt. Rolf Rüdiger Bensel
Operations	No war patrols

U-120 was a Type IIB submarine of the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. She was laid down on 31 March 1938 at Flender-Werke, Lübeck. She was commissioned on 20 April 1940.

[edit] Career

U-120 was active from 1940 until she was scuttled in 1945. She did not see active service in the Second World War, instead, she was used for training. From 20 April 1940 to 30 June 1940 she was part of U-Bootschulflottille. In July 1940 she became part of the 21. Flottille (school boat) until 16 March 1945. In March 1945 she became part of the 31. Flottille (training) until 2 May 1945 when she was scuttled at Bremerhaven. The boat was raised in 1950 and broken up for scrap.