U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-559


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
20 Sep 1941St. Nazaire20 Oct 1941Salamis31 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Hans Heidtmann
1WO

Oblt. Klaus Rudloff
WO

Herbert Engel

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-559


We have daily positions for all 31 days on this patrol.

Ships hit by U-559 during this patrol

General Events during this patrol

1941

4 Oct 1941. A German aircraft dropped three bombs on U-559 in the Mediterranean, mistaking it for an enemy submarine, but the U-boat suffered no damage.

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Attacks on U-559 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-559 duing this patrol.

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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