German submarine U-124 (1940)

U-124 after a patrol
History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-124
Ordered:	15 December 1937
Builder:	DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number:	956
Laid down:	11 August 1939
Launched:	9 March 1940
Commissioned:	11 June 1940
Fate:	Sunk by British warships west of Portugal, 3 April 1943 west of Oporto at 41°02′N 15°39′W / 41.033°N 15.650°W / 41.033; -15.650Coordinates: 41°02′N 15°39′W / 41.033°N 15.650°W / 41.033; -15.650
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type IXB submarine
Displacement:	1,051 tonnes (1,034 long tons) surfaced 1,178 tonnes (1,159 long tons) submerged
Length:	76.50 m (251 ft) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Beam:	6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draught:	4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power:	4,400 PS (3,200 kW; 4,300 bhp) (diesels) 1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 shp) (electric)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Range:	12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	230 m (750 ft)
Complement:	4 officers, 44 enlisted
Armament:	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun (180 rounds) 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA gun 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Service record
Part of:	Kriegsmarine: 2nd U-boat Flotilla (Training) 2nd U-boat Flotilla (Front or operational boat)
Commanders:	Kptlt. Georg-Whilhelm Schulz K.Kapt. Johann Mohr
Operations:	11 patrols 1st patrol: 19 August – 16 September 1940 2nd patrol: 5 October – 13 November 1940 3rd patrol: 16 December 1940 – 22 January 1941 4th patrol: 23 February – 1 May 1941 5th patrol: 10 July – 25 August 1941 6th patrol: 16 September – 1 October 1941 7th patrol: 30 October – 29 December 1941 8th patrol: 21 February – 10 April 1942 9th patrol: 4 May – 26 June 1942 10th patrol: 25 November 1942 – 13 February 1943 11th patrol: 27 March – 2 April 1943
Victories:	46 ships sunk for a total of 219,862 GRT two warships sunk of 5,775 tons four ships damaged for a total of 30,067 GRT

German submarine U-124 (nickname "Edelweisseboot") was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She operated in the Atlantic as part of the 2nd U-boat flotilla, both west of Scotland and east of the eastern US coast. She was also present off northern South America.

She was sunk with all hands west of Portugal in 1943.

U-124 was laid down on 11 August 1939 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 956. She was launched on 9 March 1940 and commissioned on 11 June, with Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz in command. He was relieved on 8 September 1941 by Korvettenkapitän Johann Mohr. He remained in command until the boat's loss in 1943.

German Type IXB submarines were slightly larger than the original German Type IX submarines, later designated IXA. U-124 had a displacement of 1,051 tonnes (1,034 long tons) when at the surface and 1,178 tonnes (1,159 long tons) while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of 76.50 m (251 ft), a pressure hull length of 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in), a beam of 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in). The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 4,400 metric horsepower (3,240 kW; 4,340 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1,000 metric horsepower (740 kW; 990 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.92 m (6 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).

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