SM_UB-120

SM <i>UB-120</i>

SM UB-120

World War I German U-Boat

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-120.

SM UB-120 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 23 March 1918 as SM UB-120.[Note 1]

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UB-120 was surrendered to the British on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was broken up in Swansea in 1922[3]

Construction

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She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 23 February 1918. UB-120 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Richard Plum. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-120 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-120 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,280 nautical miles (13,480 km; 8,380 mi). UB-120 had a displacement of 512 t (504 long tons) while surfaced and 643 t (633 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) when submerged.

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
  2. [N 2]
    Tonnages are in gross register tons

Citations

  1. [1]
    Rössler 1979, p. 55.
  2. [2]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UB 120". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  3. [3]
    Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
  4. [4]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Richard Plum". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. [5]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UB 120". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

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