German submarine U-120 (1940)

U-9, a typical Type IIB boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-120
Ordered	28 September 1937
Builder	Flender Werke, Lübeck
Yard number	268
Laid down	31 March 1938
Launched	16 March 1940
Commissioned	20 April 1940
Fate	Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Bremerhaven. Raised in 1950 and broken up.
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type IIB coastal submarine
Displacement	279 t (275 long tons) surfaced 328 t (323 long tons) submerged
Length	42.70 m (140 ft 1 in) o/a 27.80 m (91 ft 2 in) pressure hull
Beam	4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a) 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Height	8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (diesels) 410 PS (300 kW; 400 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range	1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 35–43 nmi (65–80 km; 40–49 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 22 men
Armament	3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft gun
Service record
Part of:	U-boat School Flotilla 20 April – 30 June 1940 21st U-boat Flotilla 1 July 1940 – 16 March 1945 31st U-boat Flotilla 17 March – 5 May 1945
Identification codes:	M 03 700
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Ernst Bauer 20 April – 25 November 1940 Kptlt. Wolfgang Heyda 26 November 1940 – 19 May 1941 Oblt.z.S. Willy-Roderich Körner 20 May 1941 – 24 February 1942 Oblt.z.S. Hans Fiedler 25 February – 30 September 1942 Lt.z.S. Alfred Radermacher 15 September 1942 – 24 May 1943 Lt.z.S. Adolf Gundlach 24 May 1943 – 26 July 1943 Oblt.z.S. Joachim Sauerbier 26 July 1943 – 14 September 1944 Lt.z.S. / Oblt.z.S. Rolf Rüdiger Bensel[1] 15 September 1944 – 2 May 1945
Operations:	No patrols
Victories:	No ships sunk or damaged

German submarine U-120 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 31 March 1938 at the Flender Werke, Lübeck as yard number 268. She was launched on 16 March 1940 and commissioned on 20 April under Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.z.S.) Ernst Bauer.