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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Page published Dec. 17, 2010