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U-59

Type

IIC

 
Ordered17 Jun, 1937
Laid down 5 Oct, 1937 Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 258)
Launched12 Oct, 1938
Commissioned4 Mar, 1939Oblt. Harald Jürst
Commanders
4 Mar, 1939 - 17 Jul, 1940  Kptlt. Harald Jürst
18 Jul, 1940 - 10 Nov, 1940   Joachim Matz
11 Nov, 1940 - 16 Apr, 1941  Kptlt. Baron Siegfried von Forstner (Knights Cross)
17 Apr, 1941 - Dec, 1941  Oblt. Günter Gretschel
Dec, 1941 - 15 Jul, 1942   Günter Poser
16 Jul, 1942 - 10 Jun, 1943  Oblt. Karl-Heinz Sammler
11 Jun, 1943 - 30 Jun, 1944  Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Schley
Jul, 1944 - Apr, 1945  Ltn. Herbert Walther
Career13 patrols 4 Mar, 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 - 1 Apr, 1945  19. Flottille (school boat)
Successes17 ships sunk for a total of 34.130 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 864 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 8.009 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 4.943 GRT
Fate

Stricken in April 1945 at Kiel. Scuttled in the Kiel Arsenal. Wreck broken up in 1945.

See the 21 ships hit by U-59 - View the 13 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

5 May, 1940
The boat was attacked by a submarine in the North Sea and observed a torpedo track that passed about 100 metres behind the stern.

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-59 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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-59 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 20 Jun, 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 7 Sep, 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 59 during WWI.