U-Boat Operations

U-140	Type IID
Feldpost Number	M 05 988
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	269
Ordered	25th Sep 1939
Keel laid	16th Nov 1939
Launched	28th Jun 1940
Commissioned	7th Aug 1940
Baubelehrung	Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
08.40 - 12.40	1.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training) Frontboot (operational)
01.41 - 03.45	22.U-Flottille, Gotenhafen Schulboot (training boat)
03.45 - 05.45	31.U-Flottille, Wilhelmshaven Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
08.40 - 04.41	OL Hans-Peter Hinsch see also: U-4 U-569
04.41 - 12.41	OL Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel see also: U-96 U-543
12.41 - 08.42	OL Klaus Popp see also: U-552
09.42 - 07.44	OL Albrecht Markert
08.44 - 11 - 44	OL Herbert Zeissler see also: U-1192 U-1194
11.44 - 05.45	OL Wolfgang Scherfling

Operations information for U-140
20.11.1940 - 17.12.1940 First Sailing - active patrol U-140 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Peter Hinsch on 20th Nov 1940 and arrived at Bergen on 17th Dec 1940 after nearly four weeks. Hans-Peter Hinsch hit three ships on this patrol, one was from convoy SC-13. On 2nd Dec 1940 he sank the British 4,739 ton Victoria City. On 8th Dec 1940 he sank the Finnish 1,997 ton Penang. On 8th Dec 1940 he sank the British 5,652 ton Ashcrest, sailing with convoy SC-13.
19.12.1940 - 20.12.1940 Second Sailing On the 19th Dec 1940, U-140 left Bergen under the command of Hans-Peter Hinsch and after one day arrived at Kiel on 20th Dec 1940.
19.06.1941 - 30.06.1941 Third Sailing - active patrol U-140 departed under Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel from Gotenhafen on 19th Jun 1941 and arrived back at Gotenhafen on 30th Jun 1941 after one and a half weeks on patrol.
07.07.1941 - 24.07.1941 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-140 left Gotenhafen under the command of Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel on 7th Jul 1941 and returned two and a half weeks later to Gotenhafen on 24th Jul 1941. Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel hit one ship on this patrol. On 21st Jul 1941 he sank the Soviet 206 ton M-94.

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