| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-120 |
| Ordered: | 27 May 1916 |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Launched: | 20 June 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1918 |
| Fate: | Surrendered on 22 November 1918 Broken up in April 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UE II submarine |
| Type: | Costal minelaying submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,164 long tons (1,183 t) surfaced 1,512 long tons (1,536 t) submerged |
| Length: | 81.5 m (267 ft) o/a |
| Beam: | 7.42 m (24.3 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.22 m (13.8 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts 2 × diesel engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) 2 × electric motors, 600 hp (447 kW) |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 12,500 mi (20,100 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 53 mi (85 km) at 4.5 kn (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Complement: | 4 officers 36 crew |
| Armament: | • 4 × 50 cm (19.7 in) internal bow torpedo tubes • 2 × internal stern tubes • 1 × 88 mm and 1 × 105 mm deck gun • 42 × mines |
SM U-120 was a Type UE II long-range minelayer submarine of the Imperial German Navy.[1] She was built at Hamburg, Germany, by Aktiengesellschaft Vulcan and launched on 20 June 1918. She was commissioned in the Imperial German Navy on 31 August 1918 with Kapitänleutnant Hans von Mellenthin in command.
She had a short-lived career, not being assigned to any flotillas, nor achieving any successful attacks on enemy shipping, before the end of the First World War. She was surrendered to Italy on 22 November 1918, and was broken up in April 1919 at La Spezia.
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