German submarine U-138 (1940)

Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: U-138
Ordered: 25 September 1939
Builder: Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel
Laid down: 16 November 1939
Launched: 18 May 1940
Commissioned: 27 June 1940
Fate: Sunk 18 June, 1941 west of Cadiz, in position 36.04N, 07.29W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight and HMS Foxhound. 27 survivors (no casualties).
General characteristics
Class and type: Type IID U-boat

German submarine U-138 was a Type IID U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine, best known for her two patrols in 1940 under the command of Wolfgang Lüth. During her six war patrols under Lüth's and Franz Gramitzky’s command she sank almost 55,557 tons of Allied shipping.

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