U-47 |
Type: |
Submarine |
Class: |
VII B |
Builder: |
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, A.G. Kiel, Germany |
Pennant Number: |
47 |
Ordered: |
November 21, 1936 |
Launched: |
October 29, 1938 |
Keel Laid: |
February 27, 1937 |
Commissioned: |
December 17, 1938 |
Fate: |
Sailed Feb. 20, 1941 from
Lorient, France, missing since then. Last contact made Mar. 7/8, 1941. Sunk while attempting to attack convoy OB-293. Location: North Atlantic, aprox. 200 miles south of Iceland. 45 crewmen killed, no survivors. |
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