The Type VIIC U-boat U-639 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
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Type | VIIC | ||||||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Laid down | 31 Oct 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 615) | |||||||||||
| Launched | 22 Jul 1942 | ||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 10 Sep 1942 | Oblt. Walter Wichmann | |||||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk at 1051hrs on 28 August 1943 in the Kara Sea north-east of Mys Zhelaniya, in position 76.40N, 69.40E, by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-101. 47 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-639 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Eisbär (27 Mar 1943 - 15 Apr 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-639 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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