German submarine U-138 (1940)
- Displacement
- 309 long tons (314 t)
- Length
- 43.97 m (144.3 ft)
- Beam
- 4.92 m (16.1 ft)
- Speed
- 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h, 14.6 mph)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
Service
- as U-13827 June 1940 — 18 June 1941356 days of the war
- Name
- U-138
- Pennant / hull number
- 1940
- Builder
- Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel
- Ordered
- 25 September 1939
- Laid down
- 16 November 1939
- Launched
- 18 May 1940
- Commissioned
- 27 June 1940
- Fate
- Scuttled 18 June 1941 west of Cádiz, in position 36 No casualties. (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 309 long tons (314 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 358 long tons (364 t)
- Length
- 43.97 m (144.3 ft) OA
- Beam
- 4.92 m (16.1 ft)
- Draught
- 3.93 m (12.9 ft)
- Speed
- 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h, 14.6 mph)
- Range
- 3,450 nmi (6,389 km)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
U-138 was a Type IID coastal submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel laid her keel on 16 November 1939. Launched on 18 May 1940, she entered service on 27 June 1940.
50 ships of the class were built. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.
The boat displaced 309 long tons surfaced and 358 long tons submerged. She measured 44.0 m (144 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 12.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.
Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 356 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 18 June 1941, at 36°04′N 7°29′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 700 PS (diesels)
- 410 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1 (1935)
- German submarine U-10 (1935)
- German submarine U-11 (1935)
- German submarine U-12 (1935)
- German submarine U-120 (1940)
- German submarine U-121 (1940)
- German submarine U-13 (1935)
- German submarine U-137 (1940)
- German submarine U-139 (1940)
- German submarine U-14 (1935)
- German submarine U-140 (1940)
- German submarine U-141 (1940)
- German submarine U-142 (1940)
- German submarine U-143 (1940)
- German submarine U-144 (1940)
- German submarine U-145 (1940)
- German submarine U-146 (1940)
- German submarine U-147 (1940)
- German submarine U-148 (1940)
- German submarine U-149 (1940)
- German submarine U-15 (1936)
- German submarine U-150 (1940)
- German submarine U-151 (1940)
- German submarine U-152 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-138 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.