U-59
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 | 4 Mar 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 - 1 Apr 1945 19. Flottille (school boat) | ||||||||||||||||
| Successes | 17 ships sunk for a total of 34,130 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 864 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 8,009 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 4,943 GRT | |||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Stricken in April 1945 at Kiel. Scuttled in the Kiel Arsenal. Wreck broken up in 1945. | |||||||||||||||||
See the 21 ships hit by U-59 - View the 13 war patrols
Attacks on this boat
5 May 1940
The boat was attacked by a submarine in the North Sea and observed a torpedo track that passed about 100 metres behind the stern.
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.
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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 the U 59 during WWI.


