SM U-140
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-140.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-140 |
| Ordered: | 1 August 1916 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 301 |
| Launched: | 4 November 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 28 March 1918 |
| In service: | 28 March 1918 – 11 November 1918 |
| Fate: | Surrendered to the United States on 23 February 1919. Used for testing and sunk by the US destroyer Dickerson at Cape Charles on 22 July 1921. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 139 submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,930 tons surfaced 2,483 tons submerged 3,050 tons total,) |
| Length: | 92 m (302 ft) overall 71.50 m (234.6 ft) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 9.12 m (29.9 ft) overall 5.75 m (18.9 ft) pressure hull |
| Height: | 11.2 m (37 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.27 m (17.3 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x MAN AG diesels, 3,300 hp surfaced 1,780 hp submerged |
| Speed: | 15.8 knots (29.3 km/h; 18.2 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 12,630 nautical miles (23,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced, 53 nautical miles (98 km) at 4.5 knots (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 62 men |
| Armament: | 24 G6 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 2 x 150 mm deck gun with 980 rounds |
| Service record[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
U-Kreuzer Flotilla unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
KrvKpt Waldemar Kophamel 28 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 1 patrol |
| Victories: |
7 merchant ships sunk (30,004 GRT) 1 Coast Guard ship sunk (590 tons) |
SM U-140 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-140 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. [2]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1918 | Porto |  Portugal |
1,079 | Sunk |
| 2 August 1918 | Tokuyama Maru |  Japan |
7,029 | Sunk |
| 4 August 1918 | O. B. Jennings |  United States |
10,289 | Sunk |
| 5 August 1918 | Stanley M. Seaman | United States |
1,060 | Sunk |
| 6 August 1918 | Diamond Shoals LV71 |  United States Coast Guard |
590 | Sunk |
| 6 August 1918 | Merak | United States |
3,024 | Sunk |
| 21 August 1918 | Diomed |  United Kingdom |
7,523 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ "The Type U-139 boat SM U-140 - German U-boats of WWI - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ↑ "U-140". Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ↑ "SM U-140 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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