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Name
  
U-140

Yard number
  
301

Launched
  
4 November 1917

Ordered
  
1 August 1916

Commissioned
  
28 March 1918

Draft
  
11 m

In service
  
28 March 1918 – 11 November 1918

Fate
  
Surrendered 23 February 1919 Sunk as target 22 July 1921

Builder
  
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft

SM U-140 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-140 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

After the end of World War I, U-140 surrendered to the United States, which used her for testing. Finally, the United States Navy destroyer USS Dickerson (DD-157) sank her as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Charles, Virginia, on 22 July 1921.

References

SM U-140 Wikipedia