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Patrol info for U-593


DepartureArrival / FateDays
20 Apr, 1942St. Nazaire18 Jun, 1942St. Nazaire60 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Gerd Kelbling
1WO

Oblt. Wolfgang Schreiner
2WO

Hubertus Korndörfer
WO

Hans Schrenk

U-593's daily positions during the patrol


We have daily positions for all 60 days on this patrol.

Ships hit by U-593 during this patrol

DateU-boatCommanderName of shipTonsNat.Convoy
 
14 May, 1942U-593Gerd Kelbling Stavros (d.)4.853gr 
25 May, 1942U-593Gerd Kelbling Persephone (t.)8.426pa 
 13.279
1 ships sunk (8.426 tons) and 1 ship damaged (4.853 tons).


Legend
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).
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Locations of ships hit during this patrol


We have positions of the 2 ships attacked.

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-593 during this patrol *

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Men lost from U-boats

According to our records there were no men lost from U-593 during this patrol.

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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