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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
Commanders	20 Dec 1941 - 24 Jul 1942   Kptlt. Hans-Jürgen Oldörp
Career	1 patrol	20 Dec 1941 - 30 Jun 1942  8. Flottille (training) 1 Jul 1942 - 24 Jul 1942  9. Flottille (front boat)
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).

View the 1 war patrol

Wolfpack operations

U-90 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Wolf (13 Jul 1942 - 21 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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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. 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. ... see more Naval books

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 1918. 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.