German submarine U-140 (1940)
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| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-140 |
| Ordered | 25 September 1939 |
| Builder | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number | 269 |
| Laid down | 16 November 1939 |
| Launched | 28 June 1940 |
| Commissioned | 7 August 1940 |
| Fate | Scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type IID coastal submarine |
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| Height | 8.40 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in) |
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 22 men |
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| Identification codes: | M 05 988 |
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German submarine U-140 was a Type IID U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out three combat patrol. Built at the Kiel shipyards during 1939 and 1940, as a Type IID U-boat, she was too small for major operational work in the Atlantic Ocean, which was now required by the Kriegsmarine as the Battle of the Atlantic expanded.