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Patrol info for U-598

Date lookup for 18 Aug 1942


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
7 Jul 1942Kiel13 Sep 1942St. Nazaire69 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Gottfried Holtorf
1WO

Ltn. Hanskurt von Bremen
2WO

Ltn. Hans Keerl

U-598's position on 18 Aug 1942

Ships hit by U-598 on this date

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Men lost from U-boats

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]

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