List of all U-boats
U-582
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 25 Sep 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 558) | ||||||||
| Launched | 12 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 7 Aug 1941 | Kptlt. Werner Schulte | ||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 6 ships sunk, total tonnage 38,826 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 46 tons (lost aboard transport ships) | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 5 October 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 58.52N, 21.42W, by depth charges from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-73 USN/I). 46 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, June 1987). | |||||||||
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Previously recorded fate
- The attack by a Hudson aircraft (RAF 269/N) on 5 Oct 1942 in position 58.41N, 22.58W. (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack actually caused the sinking of U-619.
Wolfpack operations
U-582 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Ziethen (15 Jan 1942 - 22 Jan 1942)
Hai (3 Jul 1942 - 21 Jul 1942)
Blitz (22 Sep 1942 - 26 Sep 1942)
Tiger (26 Sep 1942 - 30 Sep 1942)
Luchs (1 Oct 1942 - 5 Oct 1942)
Men lost from the boat
10 Jan 1942
During heavy weather in the North Atlantic a lookout on U-582 broke his arm.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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