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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
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WWI U-boats
U 99
Type | Mittel U | ||||
| 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 patrols | ||||
| 7 Jun 1917 - 7 Jul 1917 II Flotilla |
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| Successes | No successes. | ||||
| Fate | 7 Jul 1917 - Torpedoed by HM Sub J2 at 5800N 0305E. 40 dead (all hands lost). | ||||
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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 the U 99 from WWII. |