Unterseeboot 120 (1940)
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U-120 -- Type IIB -- German Kriegsmarine U-boat -- Laid down 31 Mar, 1938 Flender-Werke, Lübeck -- Commissioned 20 Apr, 1940 –-- Commanders -- 20 Apr, 1940 - 25 Nov, 1940 Oblt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross) -- 26 Nov, 1940 - 19 May, 1941 Wolfgang Heyda -- 20 May, 1941 - 24 Feb, 1942 Willy-Roderich Körner -- 25 Feb, 1942 - 30 Sep, 1942 Hans Fiedler -- 15 Sep, 1942 - 24 May, 1943 Alfred Radermacher -- 26 Jul, 1943 - 14 Sep, 1944 Oblt. Joachim Sauerbier -- 15 Sep, 1944 - 2 May, 1945 Oblt. Rolf Rüdiger Bensel ------ Career, No war patrols -- 20 Apr, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat) --- 1 Jul, 1940 - 16 Mar, 1945 21. Flottille (school boat) -- 17 Mar, 1945 - 2 May, 1945 31. Flottille (training) ---- Fate Scuttled 2 May, 1945 at Bremerhaven. Raised in 1950 and broken up.
