SM U-138

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-138.

Career (German Empire)

Name:	U-138
Ordered:	27 May 1916
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Launched:	12 January 1917
Commissioned:	26 March 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type Mittel U submarine
Displacement:	808 tons surfaced 946 tons submerged 1160 tons (total)
Length:	70.60 m (overall) 55.55 m (pressure hull)
Beam:	6.30 m (overall) 4.15 m (pressure hull)
Draught:	4.02 m
Propulsion:	2400 hp surfaced 1200 hp submerged
Speed:	16.8 knots surfaced 9.1 knots submerged
Range:	11,220 miles surfaced 56 miles submerged
Complement:	39 men
Armament:	16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 150mm deck gun with 220 rounds 88mm deck gun

SM U-138 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-138 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. ^[1]

References

German Type Mittel U submarines

U-81 U-82 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-88 U-89 U-90 U-91 U-92 U-93 U-94 U-95 U-96 U-97 U-98 U-99 U-100 U-101 U-102 U-103 U-104 U-105 U-106 U-107 U-108 U-109 U-110 U-111 U-112 U-113 U-114 U-135 U-136 U-137 U-138 U-160 U-161 U-162 U-163 U-164 U-165 U-166 U-167

Preceded by: Type U 66 Followed by: Type U 139