Ordered - 9 Jun 1938
Laid down - 18 Apr 1940 Flender Werke AG Lübeck (werk 238)
Launched - 21 Jun 1941
Commissioned 19/AUG/41 U-87 a type VII-B Oblt. Joachim Berger
Commanders -
19 Aug 1941 - 4 Mar 1943 Kptlt. Joachim Berger
Career
5 patrols
19 Aug 1941 - 30 Nov 1941 6. Flotille (training)
1 Dez 1941 - 4 Mar 1943 6. Flotille (active service)
Successes - 5 ships sunk with a tonnage of 38,014 tons.
Fate: Sunk 4 Mar 1943, west of Leixoes, in position 41º36"N 13º31"W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Shediac and the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix.
49 Dead (all hands lost).
In the south Atlantic U-87 sank one ship (9,500 DWT).
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