U-199 under attack by Brazilian Air Force PBY Catalina Arará, notice the "short" conning tower of an early type IX D2.
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-199 |
Ordered | 4 November 1940 |
Builder | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 1045 |
Laid down | 10 October 1941 |
Launched | 11 July 1942 |
Commissioned | 28 November 1942 |
Fate | Sunk, 31 July 1943 by the Brazilian aircraft PBY Catalina Arará |
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Class and type | Type IXD2 submarine |
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Height | 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 5.40 m (17 ft 9 in) |
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Test depth | Calculated crush depth: 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement | 55 - 64 |
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Service record[1][2] | |
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Identification codes: | M 50 247 |
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Victories: |
2 merchant ships sunk (4,181 GRT) |
German submarine U-199 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 10 October 1941 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard at Bremen as yard number 1045, launched on 11 July 1942 and commissioned on 28 November. She was commanded by Ritterkreuz recipient Kapitänleutnant Hans-Werner Kraus, who had previously successfully commanded U-47 and U-83.
After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla at Stettin, U-199 was transferred to the 12th U-boat Flotilla for front-line service from 1 May 1943.[1]
She was sunk off the Brazilian coast on 31 July 1943 by the Brazilian Air Force Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat "Arará".