List of all U-boats
U-127
Type | IXC | |||||||||
Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | |||||||||
Laid down | 20 Jun 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 990) | ||||||||
Launched | 1 Feb 1941 | |||||||||
Commissioned | 24 Apr 1941 | Kptlt. Bruno Hansmann | ||||||||
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Career 1 patrol |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 15 December 1941 in the North Atlantic west of Gibraltar, in position 36.28N, 09.12W, by depth charges from the Australian destroyer HMAS Nestor. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-127 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Seeräuber (14 Dec 1941 - 15 Dec 1941)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-127 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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