U-999

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down 19 Dec 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 199)
Launched17 Sep 1943
Commissioned21 Oct 1943Oblt. Hermann Hansen
Commanders
21 Oct 1943 - 15 Jul 1944  Oblt. Hermann Hansen
16 Jul 1944 - Nov, 1944  Oblt. Wilhelm Peters
Nov, 1944 - 5 May 1945  Oblt. Wolfgang Heibges
Career1 patrol 21 Oct 1943 - 31 May 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1944 - 30 Jun 1944  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul 1944 - 28 Feb 1945  24. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945 - 5 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Gelting Bay.

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Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-999 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.
U-Boat Adventures. Wiggins, Melanie, 1999.
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.