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 | ||||
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| 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). | |||||
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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.
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