U-140
Type | IID | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Sep, 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 16 Nov, 1939 | Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 269) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 28 Jun, 1940 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 7 Aug, 1940 | Oblt. Hans-Peter Hinsch | ||||||||||||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 7 Aug, 1940 - 30 Nov, 1940 1. Flottille (training) 1 Dec, 1940 - 31 Dec, 1940 1. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan, 1941 - 21 Jun, 1941 22. Flottille (school boat) 22 Jun, 1941 - 31 Aug, 1941 22. Flottille (front boat) 1 Sep, 1941 - 31 Mar, 1945 22. Flottille (school boat) 1 Apr, 1945 - 2 May, 1945 31. Flottille (training) | ||||||||||||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 12.410 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 206 tons | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 2 May, 1945, in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven. Wreck broken up, date unknown. | |||||||||||||
See the 4 ships hit by U-140 - View the 3 war patrols
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-140 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Running the Gauntlet, Pearce, Frank, 1989 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |
There was another U-140 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 4 Nov, 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 28 Mar, 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 140 during WWI.