U-592

Type

VIIC

Ordered

16 Jan, 1940

Laid down

30 Oct, 1940

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 568)

Launched

20 Aug, 1941

Commissioned

16 Oct, 1941

Kptlt. Carl Borm

Commanders

16 Oct, 1941 - 24 Jul, 1943	Kptlt. Carl Borm
2 Sep, 1943 - 31 Jan, 1944	Oblt. Heinz Jaschke

Career

10 patrols

16 Oct, 1941 - 1 Feb, 1942  6. Flottille (training)
1 Feb, 1942 - 30 Jun, 1942  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul, 1942 - 28 Feb, 1943  11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Mar, 1943 - 31 Jan, 1944  6. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

1 ship sunk for a total of 3.770 GRT

Fate

Sunk at 1000hrs on 31 Jan, 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50.20N, 17.29W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling, HMS Wild Goose and HMS Magpie. 49 dead (all hands lost).

See the 1 ships hit by U-592 - View the 10 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-592 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Seeteufel (21 Mar, 1943 - 30 Mar, 1943)
Lowenherz (3 Apr, 1943 - 7 Apr, 1943)

Attacks on this boat

29 Jan, 1944
The boat was seriously damaged by a very determined attack by B-24 Liberator aircraft (USN VB/100, H.H. Budd). The Liberator was damaged as well but the U-boat dived and escaped. She radioed her encounter in and was hunted down by Walker's famous Support Group 2 using Enigma on January 31. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 488)

1 recorded attacks 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-592 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.