U-639
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 31 Oct, 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 615) | ||
| Launched | 22 Jul, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 10 Sep, 1942 | Oblt. Walter Wichmann | ||
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| Career | 4 patrols | 10 Sep, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1943 5. Flottille (training) 1 Apr, 1943 - 31 May, 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jun, 1943 - 28 Aug, 1943 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 28 Aug, 1943 at 1030hrs in the Arctic Ocean (Kara Sea) north-east of Mys Zhelaniya, in position 76.49N, 69.42E, by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-101. 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-639 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998  Torpedy wsrod lodow, Wilczek, Wojciech, 1976 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |