 In a careful attack, "U-140" torpedoed and sank her rival with his scratch crew of new recruits.Orders had been pushing "U-140" further into the Baltic during the preceding months, with the hope that she might achieve just such a victory.Following this excitement, "U-140" returned to training duties, which she continued for the remainder of the war without further incident, save in the final months, when she was transferred to Wilhelmshaven in a general shipment of equipment and personnel to the West.