U-598
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 16 Jan 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 11 Jan 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 574) | ||
| Launched | 2 Oct 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 27 Nov 1941 | Oblt. Gottfried Holtorf | ||
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| Career | 4 patrols | 27 Nov 1941 - 30 Jun 1942 8. Flottille (training) 1 Jul 1942 - 23 Jul 1943 6. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 2 ships sunk for a total of 9,295 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 6,197 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 23 July, 1943 in the South Atlantic near Natal, in position 04.05S, 33.23W, by depth charges from two US Liberator aircraft (VB-107/B-6 sank the boat). 43 dead and 2 survivors. | |||
See the 3 ships hit by U-598 - View the 4 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-598 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Jaguar (12 Jan 1943 - 23 Jan 1943)
Sturmer (14 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Meise (20 Apr 1943 - 27 Apr 1943)
Men lost from the boat
5 Aug 1942
While U-598 was refuelling in the Middle Atlantic by U-463 one of its men drowned during maintenance work on the hydroplanes and propellers. [Maschinenmaat Willi Bredereck]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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