U-592

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered16 Jan 1940
Laid down 30 Oct 1940 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 568)
Launched20 Aug 1941
Commissioned16 Oct 1941Kptlt. Carl Borm
Commanders
16 Oct 1941 - 24 Jul 1943  Kptlt. Carl Borm
2 Sep 1943 - 31 Jan 1944  Oblt. Heinz Jaschke
Career10 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)
Successes1 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 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-592 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.