German submarine U-119 (1942)
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Nazi Germany | |
Name: | U-119 |
Ordered: | 7 August 1939 |
Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number: | 624 |
Laid down: | 15 May 1940 |
Launched: | 6 January 1942[1] |
Commissioned: | 2 April 1942[1] |
Fate: | Sunk on 24 June 1943[1] by a British warship |
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Class & type: | Submarine minelayer |
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Height: | 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draught: | 4.71 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth: | Calculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft) |
Complement: | 5 officers, 47 enlisted |
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German submarine U-119 was a Type XB minelaying U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Germaniawerft in Kiel on 15 May 1940 as yard number 624. She was launched on 6 January 1942 and commissioned under Kapitänleutnant Alois Zech on 2 April 1942, he was replaced by Kptlt. Horst-Tessen von Kameke on 1 February 1943, who remained in command until her loss.
U-119's service career began with the 4th U-boat Flotilla on 2 April 1942 where she underwent training. She was declared operational on 1 February 1943 when she moved over to the 12th flotilla.
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Operational career
The boat made a short run from Kiel to Frederikshaven in Denmark and back between 4 August 1942 and the 10th.
1st patrol
Her first patrol commenced with her departure from Kiel on 6 February 1943. She crossed the North Sea and skirted the northern coast of Iceland, arriving at Bordeaux in occupied France on 1 April.
2nd patrol and loss
U-119 was unsuccessfully attacked on 29 April 1943 by a Short Sunderland flying boat of 461 Squadron RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force). The boat sustained no damage but one man was killed.
She sank Halma on 3 June east of Halifax, Nova Scotia and damaged John A. Poor on 27 July. Both ships were attacked with mines laid by U-119 on 1 June.
U-119 was sunk by a combination of depth charges, gunfire and ramming from HMS Starling on 24 June 1943.[1]
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
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3 June 1943 | Halma | Panama | 2,937 | Sunk (Mine) |
28 July 1943 | John A. Poor | USA | 7,176 | Damaged (Mine) |
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- German Type X submarines
- U-boats commissioned in 1942
- U-boats sunk in 1943
- World War II submarines of Germany
- World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
- U-boats sunk by British warships
- U-boats sunk by depth charges
- 1942 ships
- Ships built in Kiel
- Maritime incidents in June 1943