U-99

Builder:
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
Kiel, Germany
Type:
VII B
Class:
U-45
Ordered:
December 15, 1937
Commissioned:
April 18, 1940
Keel Laid:
March 31, 1939
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
March 12, 1940
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sunk Mar. 17, 1941, scuttled by crew after being depth charged by HMS Walker D-27.

Location: North Atlantic, 200 miles WSW of Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
(61.00N - 12.30W)

3 crewmen killed, 40 survivors picked up by HMS Walker D-27 and taken POW.


Commanders
From
To
Name
Apr. 18, 1940
Mar. 17, 1941
Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer


Builder's Data
Page published May 31, 2008