Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1940 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 294) | ||||||||
| Launched | 25 Oct 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 20 Dec 1941 | Kptlt. Hans-Jürgen Oldörp | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 24 July, 1942 in the Northern Atlantic, in position 48.12N, 40.56W by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix. 44 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-90 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Wolf (13 Jul 1942 - 24 Jul 1942)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-90 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-90 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 Jan 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 2 Aug 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 90 during WWI.