List of all U-boats
U-583
Type | VIIC | ||||||
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 | ||||||
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 559) | |||||
| Launched | 26 Jun 1941 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 14 Aug 1941 | Oblt. Heinrich Ratsch | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No 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). | ||||||
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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.
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