U-99

German submarine U-99 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 31 March 1939 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 593. She was launched on 12 March 1940 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer and was assigned to the 7th U-boat Flotilla based in Kiel and later in St Nazaire.

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1940  Wikimedia, Wikidata
German submarine U-99
speed 17.9 knot, length 66.5 metre, draft 4.74 metre, beam 6.2 metre, 1 8.8 cm SK C/35 gun, 1 2 cm FlaK 30, 
U-boat, Type VIIB submarine, Kriegsmarine, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, 

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  U-100 ⓘ
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  U-99 ⓘ
  1940 Type VIIB submarine

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1940 U-99

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order

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ship launching

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sinking

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keel laying

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ship commissioning

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Battle of the Atlantic

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SS Merisaar's lifeboat approaching U-99

• Otto Kretschmer: život německého ponorkového velitele s nejvyšším skóre potopené tonáže - book edition published in 2019, Czech

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-100	Type VIIB submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1940	U-99	U-boat, Type VIIB submarine	Wikidata
commons	image		SS Merisaar's lifeboat approaching U-99		Commons