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German submarine U-102 (1940)
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-102.
German submarine U-102 was a Type VIIB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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Name | U-102 |
Ordered | 15 December 1937 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 596 |
Laid down | 22 May 1939 |
Launched | 21 March 1940 |
Commissioned | 27 April 1940 |
Fate | Sunk south-west of Ireland on 1 July 1940, by HMS Vansittart |
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Class and type | Type VIIB submarine |
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Height | 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 13 990 |
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Victories: |
1 merchant ship sunk (5,219 GRT) |
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The U-boat was laid down on 22 May 1939 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel as yard number 596, launched on 21 March 1940 and commissioned on 27 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt to serve with the 7th U-boat Flotilla from 27 April 1940 to 1 June for crew training and operationally until she was sunk on 1 July. She sank one Allied ship, claiming 5,219 gross register tons (GRT).