U 90 (Navy)

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U 90 (Kriegsmarine)
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Type : VII C
Field Post Number : M 47 644
Shipyard: Flender-Werke , Lübeck
Construction contract: October 1, 1939
Build number: 294
Keel laying: October 1, 1940
Launch: October 25, 1941
Commissioning: December 20, 1941
Commanders:

December 20, 1941 - July 24, 1942
Lieutenant Commander . Hans-Jürgen Oldbod

Calls: 1 company
Sinkings:

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Whereabouts: Sunk on July 24, 1942 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland

U 90 was a German submarine of type VIIC that in World War II by the German Navy was used.

history

The order for the boat was awarded to the Flender works in Lübeck on October 1, 1939 . The keel was laid on October 1, 1940, the launch on October 25, 1941, the commissioning under Lieutenant Hans-Jürgen Oldbod finally took place on December 20, 1941.

After its commissioning on December 20, 1941 until June 30, 1942, the boat was part of the 8th U-Flotilla in Danzig as a training boat . After its training, it was subordinate to the 9th U-Flotilla in Brest from July 1, 1942 until its sinking on July 24, 1942, as a front boat .

Commander Hans-Jürgen Oldbod ran out with U 90 during his service time to a company on which he could not achieve sinking or damage.

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First venture

The boat left Kiel on June 30, 1942 at 7.30 a.m. and was sunk on July 24, 1942. U 90 entered Kristiansand on July 1, 1942, and left again on July 2, 1942. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 25-day venture into the North Atlantic .

Whereabouts

On July 24, 1942, U 90 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland was hit by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix and the British corvette HMS Burnham (formerly USS Aulick , a Clemson-class destroyer built in 1919 ) at position 48 ° 12 ′  N , 40 ° 56 ′  W sunk in marine grid square BC 6221. All 44 crew members were killed.

U 90 did not lose any crew members during its service before the sinking.

literature

  • Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
  • Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
  • Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
  • Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).
  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .

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