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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-120Type IIB
Feldpost NumberM 03 700
Construction YardFlender Werke AG, Lübeck-Siems
Yard Number268
Ordered28th Sep 1937
Keel laid31st Mar 1938
Launched16th Mar 1940
Commissioned20th Apr 1940
BaubelehrungMarinelehrwerkstatt, Kiel /
Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.40 - 06.40U Schule Flottille, Neustadt
Schulboot (training boat)
07.40 - 03.4521.U-Flottille, Pillau
Schulboot (training boat)
03.45 - 05.4531.U-Flottille, Wesermünde
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
04.40 - 11.40OL Ernst Bauer
see also: U-126 
11.40 - 05.41KL Wolfgang Heyda
see also: U-434 
05.41 - 02.42OL Willy-Roderich Körner
see also: U-301 
02.42 - 09.42OL Hans Fiedler
see also: U-564 U-998 U-333 
09.42 - 05.43LT Alfred Radermacher
see also: U-5 U-393 
07.43 - 09.44LT Joachim Sauerbier
see also: U-56 U-251 
09.44 - 05.45LT Rolf-Rüdiger Bensel

Notes for U-120
U-120 was scuttled on 2nd May 1945, at Bremerhaven.

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