SM U-136

{{other ships|German submarine U-136}}

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|Ship country=German Empire

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}

|Ship name=U-136

|Ship ordered= 27 May 1916

|Ship builder= Kaiserliche Werft Danzig

|Ship laid down= 23 November 1916

|Ship launched= 7 November 1917

|Ship commissioned= 15 August 1918

|Ship fate=

  • Surrendered to France 23 February 1919
  • Broken up at Cherbourg in 1921

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|Header caption={{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=15-16}}

|Ship class=Type U 127 submarine

|Ship displacement=

  • {{convert|1175|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced
  • {{convert|1534|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length=

  • {{convert|83.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
  • {{convert|65.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} pressure hull

|Ship beam=

  • {{convert|7.54|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
  • {{convert|4.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} pressure hull

|Ship height={{convert|9.46|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|4.26|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship power=

  • 2 × MAN diesel engines, {{convert|3400|PS|bhp+kW|abbr=on|order=out}} total
  • 2 × diesel generators for surface dash, {{convert|900|PS|bhp+kW|order=out}} total
  • 2 × electric motors, {{convert|1690|PS|shp+kW|abbr=on|order=out}} total

|Ship speed=

  • {{convert|17|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
  • {{convert|9.1|kn}} submerged

|Ship range=

  • {{convert|10000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}} surfaced
  • {{convert|50|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4.5|kn}} submerged

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  • {{convert|75|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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|Ship complement=44 men

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{{Infobox service record

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  • III Flotilla
  • unknown start – 11 November 1918

|commanders=

  • Kptlt. Hermann Menzel{{cite Uboat.net

|id=200

|name=Hermann Menzel (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)

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|accessdate=16 March 2015

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  • 15 August – 11 November 1918

|operations=None

|victories=None

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SM U-136{{#tag:ref|"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{langx|en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.|group=Note}} was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

U-136 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.{{cite Uboat.net

|id=136

|name=U 136

|type=1sub

|accessdate=22 January 2010

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book

|last1=Gröner

|first1=Erich

|last2=Jung

|first2=Dieter

|last3=Maass

|first3=Martin

|translator-last1=Thomas

|translator-first1=Keith

|translator-last2=Magowan

|translator-first2=Rachel

|year=1991

|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels

|volume=2

|series=German Warships 1815–1945

|location=London

|publisher=Conway Maritime Press

|isbn=0-85177-593-4

|ref=CITEREFGröner1991

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{{German Type U 127 submarine}}

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Category:World War I submarines of Germany

Category:1917 ships

Category:U-boats commissioned in 1918

Category:Type U 127 submarines

Category:Ships built in Danzig