U-123

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:football_club
gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_submarine
gptkb:Kapitänleutnant_Reinhard_Hardegen
gptkbp:armament 6 torpedo tubes
1 deck gun
22 torpedoes
1 × 10.5 cm deck gun
1 × 3.7 cm anti-aircraft gun
2 × 2 cm anti-aircraft guns
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 6.86 m
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Kapitänleutnant_Hans-Joachim_Hübner
gptkb:Kapitänleutnant_Reinhard_Hardegen
gptkb:11
gptkb:Kapitänleutnant_Heinrich_Lehmann-Willenbrock
11 patrols
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1940
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Deutsche_Werft_AG
gptkb:Deutsche_Werft
gptkbp:country gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:crew 48-56 men
gptkbp:curb_weight over 200,000 gross tons
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:defeated May 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,144 tons (surfaced)
1,257 tons (submerged)
1,120 tons (surfaced)
1,232 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draft_year 4.74 m
gptkbp:fate sunk by aircraft
gptkbp:finish March 1945
gptkbp:first_appearance gptkb:1940
December 1939
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Kiel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U-123
gptkbp:last_appearance 1945
March 1945
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:length 76.76 meters
76.76 m
gptkbp:losses gptkb:starship
1945
over 40 ships
off the coast of Norway
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Wolf
gptkbp:notable_event operated in the Caribbean Sea
participated in wolfpack operations
attacked by Allied aircraft
engaged in surface battles
sank the SS City of Flint
sank the SS John A. Johnson
sank the SS John W. Brown
sank the SS William H. Welch
sank the USS Reuben James
sank the first American merchant ship in WWII
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Operation_Paukenschlag
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 18.3 knots (surfaced)
7.3 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:type Type IXU-boat