Type | IIC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 17 Jun 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 5 Oct 1937 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 258) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 12 Oct 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Mar 1939 | Oblt. Harald Jürst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 13 patrols |
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| Successes | 17 ships sunk, total tonnage 34,130 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk, total tonnage 864 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 8,009 GRT 1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 4,943 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate |
Scuttled on 3 May 1945 in the Kiel Arsenal after being decommissioned in April 1945. Wreck broken up in 1945. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
5 May 1940
The boat was attacked by a submarine in the North Sea and observed a torpedo track that passed about 100 m (109 yds) astern.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-59 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 4 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 The Olympic Rings - Crew 36 |
 Scorpion attacking Britain |
 Gauntlet with Götz von Berlichingen! |
Ja, ja! Die kleinen Boote |
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There was another U-59 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 20 Jun 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 7 Sep 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 59 during WWI.
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