List of all U-boats
U-639
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 28 Aug, 1943 at 1030hrs in the Arctic Ocean (Kara Sea) north-east of Mys Zhelaniya, in position 76.49N, 69.42E, 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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