WWI U-boats
U 99
| Type | U 57 | ||||
| Shipyard | A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 250) | ||||
| Ordered | 15 Sep 1915 | ||||
| Laid down | 30 Nov 1915 | ||||
| Launched | 27 Jan 1917 | ||||
| Commissioned | 28 Mar 1917 | ||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | ||||
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| Successes | No successes | ||||
| Fate | 7 Jul 1917 - Missing. Sailed on June 12, 1917 further contact after June 13, 1917. 40 dead (all hands lost). | ||||
Previously recorded fate
Torpedoed by HM Sub J2 at 58°00’N 03°05‘E. This attack, conducted at extreme range, is unlikely to have accounted for U 99.
There was another U 99 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 Mar 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 18 Apr 1940. Take a look at U 99 from WWII.