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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment

SM U-125



4th September 1918   SM U-125

Type UE 2 Shipyard Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 302) Ordered 27 May 1916 Launched 26 May 1918 Commissioned 4 Sep 1918

Commanders 4 Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Hans Scabell

Career No patrols. No flotilla information available Successes No successes.

Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to Japan. In japanese service as the O1 1920-21. Dismantled at Yokosuka Navy Yard between January and March 1921. Between March 1924 and January 1925 she was used as a floating jetty at the Kure Submarine School. In 1925 she was rebuilt at Yokosuka as testbed for submarine salvage operations carried out by the tender ASAHI. On 19 Aug 1931 U 125 was re-commissioned as Auxiliary Vessel No. 2900 and used until 1935.

There was another U 125 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 Dec 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Mar 1941.

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