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SM U-139

Index SM U-139

SM U-139 was the lead ship of her class, one of the submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was commissioned on 18 May 1918 under the command of Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, who named the submarine Kapitänleutnant Schwieger, after Walther Schwieger, who had sunk the in 1915. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Deck gun, Displacement (ship), France, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, German Empire, Gross register tonnage, Imperial German Navy, Length overall, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Naval trawler, NRP Augusto de Castilho, Portuguese Navy, Prize crew, Ship commissioning, Submarine, Submarine hull, Torpedo, Torpedo tube, Type U 139 submarine, Walther Schwieger, World War I, 15 cm SK L/45.

  2. German Type U 139 submarines

Deck gun

A deck gun is a type of naval artillery mounted on the deck of a submarine.

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Displacement (ship)

The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft

Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft (often just called Germaniawerft, "Germania shipyard") was a German shipbuilding company, located in the harbour at Kiel, and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I and the Kriegsmarine in World War II.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Gross register tonnage

Gross register tonnage (GRT, grt, g.r.t., gt), or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to.

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Imperial German Navy

The Imperial German Navy or the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919.

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Length overall

Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.

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Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (18 March 1886 – 24 February 1941), born in Posen, Prussia, and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during World War I. With 194 ships and sunk, he is the most successful submarine captain ever.

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Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars.

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NRP Augusto de Castilho

NRP Augusto de Castilho was a warship in service of the Portuguese Navy during World War I. It was sunk in combat while escorting the steamer São Miguel, originating the last Portuguese casualties of that conflict.

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Portuguese Navy

The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa), also known as the Portuguese War Navy (Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa) or as the Portuguese Armada (Armada Portuguesa), is the navy of the Portuguese Armed Forces.

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Prize crew

A prize crew is the selected members of a ship chosen to take over the operations of a captured ship.

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Submarine

A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Submarine hull

A submarine hull has two major components, the light hull and the pressure hull.

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Torpedo

A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.

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Type U 139 submarine

U-139, originally designated "Project 46", was a class of large, long-range U-boats built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine. SM U-139 and Type U 139 submarine are German Type U 139 submarines and World War I submarines of Germany.

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Walther Schwieger

Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger (Wilhem Otto Walther Schwieger) (7 April 1885 – 5 September 1917) was a U-boat commander in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during First World War.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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15 cm SK L/45

The 15 cm SK L/45SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); L - Länge in Kaliber (length in caliber) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.

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See also

German Type U 139 submarines

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-139

Also known as French submarine Halbronn, French submarine Halbronn (E2), Unterseeboot 139 (1918).