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Unterseeboot 42 (1939) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unterseeboot 42 (1939)

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Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: U-42
Ordered: November 21, 1936
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen, yard 947
Laid down: December 21, 1937
Launched: February 16, 1939
Commissioned: July 15, 1939
Fate: Sunk October 13, 1939 south-west of Ireland. 26 dead and 20 survivors.
Class and type: Type IX U-boat
Service record
Part of Kriegsmarine:
6. Unterseebootsflottille
Identification codes M 05 024
Commanders Rolf Dau
Operations 1
Victories 1 ship damaged for a total of 4.803 gross register tons (GRT)

Unterseeboot 42 (U-42) was a German Type IX U-boat of the Kriegsmarine.

Her keel was laid down December 21, 1937, by AG Weser of Bremen. She was commissioned July 15, 1939 with Kapitänleutnant Rolf Dau in command.

U-41 conducted one training patrol and one war time patrol, both part of the 6. Unterseebootsflottille.

[edit] 1st Patrol

U-42 left the port of Wilhelmshaven on October 2, 1939. During this patrol, one ship was damaged, the British steam freighter SS Stonepool, sailing as part of the convoy OB-17 from Liverpool to North America.

[edit] Fate

On October 13, 1939, U-42 was sunk by depth charges from HMS Imogen and HMS Ilex south-west of Ireland. Of the 46 man crew, 26 were killed in the depth charging, with 20 surviving.

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See Also: List of U-boats

Coordinates: 49°12′N 16°00′W / 49.2, -16


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