SM U-124

History
German Empire
Name	U-124
Ordered	27 May 1916
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	301
Launched	28 March 1918
Commissioned	12 July 1918
Fate	Surrendered 1 December 1918; scrapped Swansea 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	German Type UE II submarine
Type	Coastal minelaying submarine
Displacement	1,163 t (1,145 long tons) surfaced; 1,468 t (1,445 long tons) submerged;
Length	82.00 m (269 ft) (o/a); 61.32 m (201 ft 2 in) (pressure hull);
Beam	7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)
Height	10.16 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.22 m (13 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2 × diesel engines, 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp); 2 × electric motors, 1,235 PS (908 kW; 1,218 shp);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 × 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) propellers
Speed	14.7 knots (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph) surfaced; 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h; 8.3 mph) submerged;
Range	11,470 nmi (21,240 km; 13,200 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced; 35 nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 4.5 knots (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) submerged;
Test depth	75 m (246 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 36 enlisted
Armament	4 × 50 cm (19.7 in) bow torpedo tubes; 12 torpedoes; 2 × 100 cm (39 in) stern mine chutes ; 42 mines; 1 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 deck gun; 494 rounds;
Service record
Commanders:	Kptlt. Rolf Carls; 12 July – 11 November 1918;
Operations:	None
Victories:	None

SM U-124 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-124 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic under the command of Kapitänleutnant Rolf Carls (later a Generaladmiral in the Kriegsmarine).

She was interned at Karlskrona on 13 November 1918, but then surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 1 December 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. Lying at Portland, she was sold to James Dredging Co. on 3 March 1919 for £3,000, but then re-sold to George Cohen, who towed the boat to Swansea for scrapping. However, U-124 foundered there in October 1920, although was later salvaged and finally broken up.

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