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Patrol info for U-99


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
22 Feb 1941Lorient17 Mar 1941Lost24 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Otto Kretschmer

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-99


We have 4 daily positions for the 24 days U-99 was at sea.

Departure from Lorient on 22 Feb 1941.
23 Feb 1941 - 24 Feb 1941 - 25 Feb 1941 - 26 Feb 1941 - 27 Feb 1941 - 28 Feb 1941 - 1 Mar 1941 - 2 Mar 1941 - 3 Mar 1941 - 4 Mar 1941 - 5 Mar 1941 - 6 Mar 1941 - 7 Mar 1941 - 8 Mar 1941 - 9 Mar 1941 - 10 Mar 1941 - 11 Mar 1941 - 12 Mar 1941 - 13 Mar 1941 - 14 Mar 1941 - 15 Mar 1941 - 16 Mar 1941 -
Sunk on 17 Mar 1941.

Ships hit by U-99 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
7 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer Terje Viken20,638brOB-293A
7 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer Athelbeach6,568brOB-293B
16 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer Korshamn6,673swHX-112C
16 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer J.B. White7,375caHX-112D
16 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer Beduin8,136nwHX-112E
16 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer Franche Comte (d.)9,314brHX-112F
16 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer Venetia5,728brHX-112G
16 Mar 1941U-99Otto Kretschmer Ferm6,593nwHX-112H
 71,025

7 ships sunk (61,711 tons) and 1 ship damaged (9,314 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.

General Events during this patrol

We have no events listed for this patrol.

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Attacks on U-99 during this patrol

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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