German submarine U-123

German submarine U-123

Unterseeboot 123 (U-123) has been the designation of three submarines of the German Navy.

*Unterseeboot 123 (1916) was a Type UE 2 U-boat of the Kaiserliche Marine ordered from Blohm + Voss of Hamburg on 27 May 1916. She was launched on 26 January 1918 and commissioned on 20 July 1918, under the command of Karl Thouret. She had no chance to conduct any war patrols before Germany surrendered. She ran aground on the English east coast on the way to be broken up in 1921 [http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=123] .
*Another U-boat, the UB-123 sank the RMS|Leinster on October 10, 1918, circa 517 perished. UB-123 struck a mine on October 18 in the North Sea and was lost with all hands.
*Unterseeboot 123 (1940) was commissioned in 1940 and operated during the Second Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War.

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List of U-boats


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