U-859
Type | IXD2 | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 15 May, 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1065) | ||
| Launched | 2 Mar, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 8 Jul, 1943 | Kptlt. Johann Jebsen | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 8 Jul, 1943 - 31 Mar, 1944 4. Flottille (training) 1 Apr, 1944 - 23 Sep, 1944 12. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 20.853 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 23 Sept, 1944 near Penang in the Straits of Malacca, in position 05.46N, 100.04E, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Trenchant. 47 dead and 20 survivors. | |||
See the 3 ships hit by U-859 - View the 1 war patrol
Attacks on this boat
5 Jul, 1944
One man was killed and three wounded, when the boat was attacked by a Catalina (RAF 262 Sqd/L) in the Indian Ocean. [Matrosenobergefreiter Hans Boldt]
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in February 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
5 Jul, 1944
One man was killed and three wounded, when the boat was attacked by a Catalina (RAF 262 Sqd/L) in the Indian Ocean. [Matrosenobergefreiter Hans Boldt]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998  Quecksilber, Lehnhoff, Joachim, 1998 Stalin's Silver, Beasant, John, 1999 Submarines versus U-boats, Jones, Geoffrey, 1986 The Nazi: Coming of Age in Hitler's Germany and the Voyage of the U-859, Baudzus, Arthur, 2006 U-859, Baudzus, Arthur, 2003 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 |