U-58

Type

IIC

 
Ordered17 Jun 1937
Laid down 29 Sep 1937 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 257)
Launched12 Oct 1938
Commissioned4 Feb 1939Oblt. Herbert Kuppisch (Knights Cross)
Commanders
4 Feb 1939 - 30 Jun 1940  Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch (Knights Cross)
1 Jul 1940 - 24 Nov 1940  Oblt. Heinrich Schonder (Knights Cross)
25 Nov 1940 - 6 Apr 1941  Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Rahmlow
7 Apr 1941 - 3 Sep 1941  Oblt. Horst Hamm
Oct, 1941 - 31 Aug 1942  Oblt. Bruno Barber
18 Aug 1942 - 14 Dec 1942  Oblt. Dietrich Schöneboom (Knights Cross)
15 Dec 1942 - Feb, 1944  Oblt. Horst Willner
Feb, 1944 - 30 Jun 1944  Oblt. Robert Rix
Jul, 1944 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Richard Schulz
Career12 patrols 4 Feb 1939 - 31 Dec 1939  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1941 - 30 Jun 1944  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1944 - 3 May 1945  19. Flottille (school boat)
Successes6 ships sunk for a total of 16,148 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 8,401 GRT
Fate

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Kiel. Wreck broken up.

See the 7 ships hit by U-58 - View the 12 war patrols

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in August 1943. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-58 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.


There was another U-58 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 31 May 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 9 Aug 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 58 during WWI.