Submarine U-123

U-123

Country	Germany
Ship Class	Type IX-class Submarine
Builder	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
Yard Number	955
Ordered	15 Dec 1937
Laid Down	15 Apr 1939
Launched	2 Mar 1940
Commissioned	30 May 1940

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19 Oct 1940

German submarines U-99, U-100, U-101, and U-123 continued to attack Allied convoy SC-7 100 miles northwest of Ireland. U-123 sank British ship Shekatika as Shekatika received her fifth torpedo hit. U-99 sank Norwegian ship Snefjeld; the entire crew of 21 survived.

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