WWI U-boats

U 136

Type Large Ms.
ShipyardKaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Ordered 27 May 1916
Laid down 23 Nov 1916
Launched 7 Nov 1917
Commissioned 15 Aug 1918
Commanders
15 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Hermann Menzel (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career No patrols
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 III Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921.

There was another U 136 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 5 Jul 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 30 Aug 1941. Take a look at U 136 from WWII.


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