


U-124
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type IX-class Submarine |
Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
Yard Number | 956 |
Ordered | 15 Dec 1937 |
Laid Down | 11 Aug 1939 |
Launched | 9 Mar 1940 |
Commissioned | 11 Jun 1940 |
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U-124 Operational Timeline
8 Mar 1941 | Off Western Africa, German submarines U-105, U-106, and U-124 received sighting reports of Allied convoy SL-67 from surface ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. They searched for the escorting battleship HMS Malaya in failure; instead, U-105 sank British ship Harmodius at 0341 hours and U-124 sank four ships between 0547 and 0608 hours. U-105 received damage from depth charges as she was counterattacked. A total of 62 British sailors were killed; 300 survivors were picked up. |
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