Career (German Empire) | |
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Name: | U-126 |
Ordered: | 27 May 1916 |
Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Launched: | 16 June 1918 |
Commissioned: | 7 October 1918 |
Fate: | Surrendered 22 Nov 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Type UE II minelayer 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-126 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-126 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. [1]
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