List of all U-boats

U-999

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

14 Oct 1941

Laid down

19 Dec 1942

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 199)

Launched

17 Sep 1943

Commissioned

21 Oct 1943

Oblt. Hermann Hansen

Commanders

21 Oct 1943	-	15 Jul 1944	Oblt. (R) Hermann Hansen
16 Jul 1944	-	Nov, 1944	Oblt. Wilhelm Peters
Nov, 1944	-	5 May 1945	Oblt. (R) Wolfgang Heibges

Career
1 patrol

21 Oct 1943	-	31 May 1944	5. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1944	-	30 Jun 1944	6. Flottille (active service)
1 Jul 1944	-	28 Feb 1945	24. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945	-	5 May 1945	31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Flensburg Fjord. Wreck broken up in 1948.

Final location

View the 1 war patrol

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-999 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.