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U-106

CountryGermany
Ship ClassType IX-class Submarine
BuilderDeutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
Yard Number969
Ordered24 May 1938
Laid Down26 Nov 1939
Launched17 Jun 1940
Commissioned24 Sep 1940

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U-106 Operational Timeline

8 Mar 1941 Off Western Africa, German submarines U-105, U-106, and U-124 received sighting reports of Allied convoy SL-67 from surface ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. They searched for the escorting battleship HMS Malaya in failure; instead, U-105 sank British ship Harmodius at 0341 hours and U-124 sank four ships between 0547 and 0608 hours. U-105 received damage from depth charges as she was counterattacked. A total of 62 British sailors were killed; 300 survivors were picked up.
24 Jan 1942 German submarine U-106 sank British ship Empire Wildebeeste in the Atlantic Ocean 430 miles southeast of Nova Scotia, Canada at 0653 hours.
28 May 1942 U-106 sank British ship Mentor (4 were killed, 82 survived) in the Gulf of Mexico.




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