List of all U-boats
U-590
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
Ordered | 16 Jan 1940 | |||||||||||
Laid down | 31 Oct 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 566) | ||||||||||
Launched | 6 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||
Commissioned | 2 Oct 1941 | Kptlt. Heinrich Müller-Edzards | ||||||||||
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Career 5 patrols |
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Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,228 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 5,464 GRT | |||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 9 July 1943 in the Atlantic Ocean north of Belém, Brazil, in position 03.22N, 48.38W, by depth charges from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-94 USN/P-1). 45 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||
Loss position |
Wolfpack operations
U-590 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Hecht (8 May 1942 - 18 Jun 1942)
Blücher (14 Aug 1942 - 20 Aug 1942)
Iltis (6 Sep 1942 - 23 Sep 1942)
Neuland (8 Mar 1943 - 13 Mar 1943)
Dränger (14 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Seewolf (21 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
General notes on this boat
4 May 1942. On 4 May, 1942 U-590 had to return to base due to technical problems.
Men lost from the boat
21 Mar 1943
On U-590 a crew member broke his arm.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
The Snorting Bull - U-47 |
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