German submarine U-120 (1940)
II B
M 03 700
Flender -Werke, Lübeck
August 28, 1937
268
March 31, 1938
March 16, 1940
April 20, 1940
- April 20, 1940 - November 25, 1940 Oblt.z.S. Ernst Bauer
- November 26, 1940 - May 19, 1941 Oblt.z.S. Wolfgang Heyda
- May 20, 1941 - February 24, 1942 Oblt.z.S. Willy- Roderich grains
- February 25, 1942 - September 30, 1942 Oblt.z.S. Hans Fiedler
- October 1, 1942 - May 24, 1943 Lt.z.S. Alfred Radermacher
- May 25, 1943 - July 25, 1943 not detected
- July 26, 1943 - September 14, 1944 Oblt.z.S. Joachim Sauer beer
- September 15, 1944 - May 2, 1945 Oblt.z.S. Rolf -Rüdiger Bensel
No patrols
No
U 120 was a German submarine Type II B, which was used in World War II by the German Navy.
History
The contract for the boat was awarded on 28 August 1937, Flender -Werke, Lübeck. The keel was laid on 31 March 1938 the launching on March 16, 1940 to the putting under Lieutenant Ernst Bauer on April 20, 1940.
The boat belonged after his commissioning as a school boat U- Boat Schulflottille in Kiel, which was renamed on 1 July 1940 in 21 U- Flotilla and moved to pillau, and then on March 17, 1945 until May 5, 1945 training boat for 31 U- flotilla in Hamburg.
U 120 was a pure education and training boat and took no patrols.
Whereabouts
The boat was sunk on 5 May 1945 in Wesermünde in Operation Rainbow by the crew itself. The boat was lifted in 1949 and scrapped in November 1950.