List of all U-boats

U-583

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered8 Jan 1940
Laid down1 Oct 1940 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 559)
Launched26 Jun 1941
Commissioned14 Aug 1941Oblt. Heinrich Ratsch
Commanders
14 Aug 1941 - 15 Nov 1941  Kptlt. Heinrich Ratsch
Career
No patrols
14 Aug 1941-15 Nov 1941  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sank at 2148hrs on 15 Nov, 1941 in the Baltic, near Danzig, in position 55.23N, 17.05E after a collision with U-153. 45 dead (all hands lost).

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-583 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.