U-639

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 31 Oct 1941 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 615)
Launched22 Jul 1942
Commissioned10 Sep 1942Oblt. Walter Wichmann
Commanders
10 Sep 1942 - 28 Aug 1943  Oblt. Walter Wichmann
Career4 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)
SuccessesNo 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).

View the 4 war patrols

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.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.