SM_U-121

SM <i>U-121</i>

SM U-121

German mine laying submarine

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-121.

SM U-121[Note 1] was a Type UE II long-range minelaying U-boat of the Imperial German Navy intended for service in the Mediterranean. The Austro-Hungarian Navy allocated her the number SM U-84. She was built at Hamburg, Germany, by Aktiengesellschaft Vulcan and launched on 20 September 1918. Incomplete at the Armistice she was never commissioned in the Imperial German Navy but surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 9 March 1919. Handed over to France, she was sunk as a gunnery target off Cherbourg on 1 July 1921.[2]

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

Citations

  1. [1]
    Gröner 1991, p. 15.
  2. [2]
    Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: the fate of enemy fleets after the two World Wars. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-5267-4198-1.

Bibliography

  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
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