German submarine U-124 (nickname "Edelweissboot" [1]) was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She operated in the Atlantic as part of the 2nd U-boat flotilla, both west of Scotland and east of the eastern US coast. She was also present off northern South America.

Sunk on 2 April 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Oporto, Portugal, in position 41.02N, 15.39W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Stonecrop and the British sloop HMS Black Swan. 53 dead (all hands lost).

German submarine U-124 (1940), a Type IXB submarine that served in World War II until sunk on 2 April 1943

German submarine U-124 sank US tanker Naeco 65 miles southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, United States at 1023 hours; 24 were killed, 14 survived.

This is the story of the German submarine U-124 and her celebrated commander, Kapitanleutnant Jochen Mohr. In her short life, Mohr's U-124 sank 49 ships for a total of 226,949 tons to become the third most successful submarine in WW2.

U-124 sank or damaged 52 Allied ships. Our map markers only have 26 labels (A-Z) at this time. This is why some of the markers have no label but otherwise work just fine. The markers are sorted by date, the first 26 successes have labels. This only affects about 20 of the most successful U-boats.

The German U-boat U-124, a Type IXB submarine of the Kriegsmarine, carried out an impressive wartime record during its service in World War II. Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz commissioned the submarine on June 11, 1940, and it completed 11 patrols, sinking 46 merchant ships totaling 219,862 gross register tons (GRT) and two warships ...

U-Boot-Ehrenmal Möltenort - U-124, 2. Weltkrieg - Onlineprojekt Gefallenendenkmäler. Typ IX B, 2. U-Flottille, Wilhelmshaven & Lorient. Am 2.4. 1943 im Nordatlantik westlich Portugal von britischer Geleitsicherung versenkt. Versenkt bei der 11.

2013年7月4日 · On 22 March Johann “Jochen” Mohr in U-124 dipped a figurative toe into the region from the Carolinas to the coast off Georgia, USA for one day only, making it the shortest visit of any submarine during the war.

The Edelweiss - U-124. The Eidelweiss emblem of U-124 came from the loss of U-64 in April 1940. The two boats had the same crew for the most part, including the commander, Kptlt. Wilhelm Schulz. They were saved from the cold Norwegian waters by members of the German mountain troops, whose unit badge is an Eidelweiss.