U-Boat Operations

U-139	Type IID
Feldpost Number	M 05 132
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	268
Ordered	25th Sep 1939
Keel laid	20th Nov 1939
Launched	28th Jun 1940
Commissioned	24th Jul 1940
Baubelehrung	Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.40 - 10.40	1.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
10.40 - 04.41	21.U-Flottille, Pillau Schulboot (training boat)
04.41 - 05.45	22.U-Flottille, Gotenhafen Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
07.40 - 12.40	OL Robert Bartels see also: U-561 U-197
12.40 - 10.41	OL Horst Elfe see also: U-93
10.41 - 05.42	OL Heinz-Konrad Fenn see also: U-445
05.42 - 06.42	OL Albert Lauzemis see also: U-37 U-68
07.42 - 10.42	OL Helmut Sommer see also: U-78 U-853
10.42 - 09.43	LT Richard Böttcher
09.43 - 12.43	LT Hubertus Korndörfer see also: U-407
12.43 - 07.44	OL Günther Lube see also: U-552
07.44 - 05.45	LT Walter Kimmelmann

Operations information for U-139
16.07.1941 - 22.07.1941 First Sailing U-139 left Oxhöft under the command of Horst Elfe on 16th Jul 1941 and arrived at Windau on 22nd Jul 1941 after six days.
23.07.1941 - 24.07.1941 Second Sailing On the 23rd Jul 1941, U-139 left Windau under the command of Horst Elfe and returned to Windau on 24th Jul 1941 after one day.
29.07.1941 - 18.08.1941 Third Sailing - active patrol U-139 departed under Horst Elfe from Windau on 29th Jul 1941 and arrived at Stormelö on 18th Aug 1941 after nearly three weeks.
28.08.1941 - 31.08.1941 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-139 left Stormelö under the command of Horst Elfe on 28th Aug 1941 and after three days arrived at Gotenhafen on 31st Aug 1941.

Notes for U-139

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