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SM U 99

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Name
  
U-99

Laid down
  
30 November 1915

Construction started
  
30 November 1915

Builder
  
AG Weser

Ordered
  
15 September 1915

Commissioned
  
28 March 1917

Launched
  
27 January 1917

Fate
  
Sunk by HMS J2 7 July 1917

Class and type
  
German Type U 57 submarine

SM U-99 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

U-99 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

Operations

The Royal Navy submarine HMS J2 is credited with sinking U-99 in the Northern North Sea on 7 July 1917.

References

SM U-99 Wikipedia