Patrol info for U-587
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
12 Feb 1942 | St. Nazaire | 27 Mar 1942 | Lost | 44 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Kptlt. Ulrich Borcherdt |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-587
We have 31 daily positions for the 44 days U-587 was at sea.
Departure from St. Nazaire on 12 Feb 1942.
13 Feb 1942 - 14 Feb 1942 - 15 Feb 1942 - 16 Feb 1942 - 17 Feb 1942 - 18 Feb 1942 - 19 Feb 1942 - 20 Feb 1942 - 21 Feb 1942 - 22 Feb 1942 - 23 Feb 1942 - 24 Feb 1942 - 25 Feb 1942 - 26 Feb 1942 - 27 Feb 1942 - 28 Feb 1942 - 1 Mar 1942 - 2 Mar 1942 - 3 Mar 1942 - 4 Mar 1942 - 5 Mar 1942 - 6 Mar 1942 - 7 Mar 1942 - 8 Mar 1942 - 9 Mar 1942 - 10 Mar 1942 - 11 Mar 1942 - 12 Mar 1942 - 13 Mar 1942 - 14 Mar 1942 - 15 Mar 1942 - 16 Mar 1942 - 17 Mar 1942 - 18 Mar 1942 - 19 Mar 1942 - 20 Mar 1942 - 21 Mar 1942 - 22 Mar 1942 - 23 Mar 1942 - 24 Mar 1942 - 25 Mar 1942 - 26 Mar 1942 -
Sunk on 27 Mar 1942.
Ships hit by U-587 during this patrol
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
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24 Feb 1942 | U-587 | Ulrich Borcherdt | Anadara | 8,009 | br | ONS-67 | A | ||
6 Mar 1942 | U-587 | Ulrich Borcherdt | Hans Egede | 900 | go | B | |||
8 Mar 1942 | U-587 | Ulrich Borcherdt | HMS Northern Princess (4.06) | 655 | br | C | |||
9 Mar 1942 | U-587 | Ulrich Borcherdt | Lily | 5,719 | gr | ON-68 | D | ||
23 Mar 1942 | U-587 | Ulrich Borcherdt | Diala | 8,106 | br | ON-52 | E | ||
23,389 | |||||||||
5 ships sunk (23,389 tons). Legend |
General Events during this patrol
1942
15 Feb 1942. U-587 rescued five German airmen from a rubber dinghy in the North Atlantic about 300 miles north-west of Cape Finisterre, Spain at 0100hrs. They were from the Focke-Wulf Fw200C-4, WNr 0102 (3./KG 40, F8+FL) which was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from a three-masted sailing ship on 13 February, killing one man and slightly injuring three others. As the U-boat was at the begin of its patrol, the survivors were transferred to the homebound U-130 three days later, this proved to be their luck because U-587 did not return from patrol.
3 Mar 1942. U-587 fired torpedoes into the harbour at St John's, Newfoundland without result.
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Attacks on U-587 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-587 duing this patrol (prior to its loss).
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.