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SM U-140

28th March 1918 SM U-140
Type U 139 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 301) Ordered 1 Aug 1916 Launched 4 Nov 1917 Commissioned 28 Mar 1918
Commanders.
28 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Waldemar Kophamel
Career 1 patrols
start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla
Successes 7 ships sunk with a total of 30,594 tons.

27 Jul 1918 U 140 Waldemar Kophamel Porto 1,079 pt
2 Aug 1918 U 140 Waldemar Kophamel Tokuyama Maru 7,029 jp
4 Aug 1918 U 140 Waldemar Kophamel O. B. Jennings 10,289 am
5 Aug 1918 U 140 Waldemar Kophamel Stanley M. Seaman 1,060 am
6 Aug 1918 U 140 Waldemar Kophamel Diamond Shoals LV71 590 am
6 Aug 1918 U 140 Waldemar Kophamel Merak 3,024 am
21 Aug 1918 U 140 Waldemar Kophamel Diomed 7,523 br

Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to the USA. Used for testing, sunk by US destroyer Dickerson at Cape Charles on 22 July 1921..
There was another U 140 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 28 Jun 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 7 Aug 1940.

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