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 amounting to 5,775 tons. U-124 also damaged four merchant ships totaling 30,067 GRT. During its fourth patrol, from February 23 to May 1, 1941, U-124 achieved remarkable success, sinking 11 ships, including four vessels near the Cape Verde Islands on March 8: Nardana, Hindpool, Tielbank, and Lahore. British warships HMS Stonecrop and HMS Black Swan intercepted and destroyed U-124 on April 2, 1943, west of Oporto, Portugal, with no survivors from its 53-member crew.