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Patrol info for U-587


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
12 Feb 1942St. Nazaire27 Mar 1942Lost44 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. ConvoyMap
24 Feb 1942U-587Ulrich Borcherdt Anadara8,009brONS-67A
6 Mar 1942U-587Ulrich Borcherdt Hans Egede900goB
8 Mar 1942U-587Ulrich Borcherdt HMS Northern Princess (4.06)655brC
9 Mar 1942U-587Ulrich Borcherdt Lily5,719grON-68D
23 Mar 1942U-587Ulrich Borcherdt Diala8,106brON-52E
 23,389

5 ships sunk (23,389 tons).

Legend
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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.

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