List of all U-boats
U-580
Type | VIIC | ||||||
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 | ||||||
| Laid down | 31 Aug 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 556) | |||||
| Launched | 28 May 1941 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Jul 1941 | Oblt. Hans Günther Kuhlmann | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate |
Sank on 11 November 1941 in the Baltic Sea west of Memel, in position 55.45N, 20.40E, after a collision with the German target ship Angelburg. 12 dead and 32 survivors. | ||||||
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Annoucements related to this boat
U-580 discovered in Baltic of Memel (Klaipeda) (4 Jul 2013)Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-580 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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