SM ''U-119'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the 329
submarine
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s serving in the
Imperial German Navy in
World War I.
''U-119'' was engaged in the
naval warfare
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and took part in the
First Battle of the Atlantic.
Design
German Type UE II submarine
The Type UE II submarines were a class of submarines built by the German Empire during World War I as long-range mine-layers.
UE II boats carried 14 torpedoes and were armed with one 150 mm deck gun. They carried a crew of 40 and had a c ...
s were preceded by the shorter
Type UE I submarines. ''U-119'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a
beam
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Streams of particles or energy
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of , a height of , and a
draught of . The submarine was powered by two engines for use while surfaced, and two engines for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. She was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-119'' was fitted with four
torpedo tubes (fitted at its bow), fourteen
torpedoes, two mine chutes (fitted at its stern), forty-two mines, one
SK L/45 deck gun, and 494 rounds. She had a
complement of forty (thirty-six crew members and four officers).
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German Type UE II submarines
U-boats commissioned in 1918
World War I submarines of Germany
1918 ships