U-58

Type

IIC

 
Ordered17 Jun 1937
Laid down29 Sep 1937 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 257)
Launched12 Oct 1938
Commissioned4 Feb 1939Oblt. Herbert Kuppisch (Knights Cross)
Commanders
4 Feb 1939 - 30 Jun 1940  Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch (Knights Cross)
1 Jul 1940 - 24 Nov 1940  Oblt. Heinrich Schonder (Knights Cross)
25 Nov 1940 - 6 Apr 1941  Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Rahmlow
7 Apr 1941 - 3 Sep 1941  Oblt. Horst Hamm
Oct, 1941 - 31 Aug 1942  Oblt. Bruno Barber
18 Aug 1942 - 14 Dec 1942  Oblt. Dietrich Schöneboom (Knights Cross)
15 Dec 1942 - Feb, 1944  Oblt. Horst Willner
Feb, 1944 - 30 Jun 1944  Oblt. Robert Rix
Jul, 1944 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Richard Schulz
Career
12 patrols
4 Feb 1939-31 Dec 1939  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1940-31 Dec 1940  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1941-30 Jun 1944  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1944-3 May 1945  19. Flottille (school boat)
Successes6 ships sunk for a total of 16,148 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 8,401 GRT
Fate

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Kiel. Wreck broken up.

See the 7 ships hit by U-58 - View the 12 war patrols

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in August 1943. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-58 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.


There was another U-58 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 31 May 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 9 Aug 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 58 during WWI.