U-590
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 16 Jan 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 31 Oct 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 566) | ||||||||
| Launched | 6 Aug 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 2 Oct 1941 | Kptlt. Heinrich Müller-Edzards | ||||||||
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| Career 5 patrols |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 5,228 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 5,464 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk on 9 July, 1943 in the mid-Atlantic near the Amazon estuary, Brazil, in position 03.22N, 48.38W, by depth charges from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-94/P-1). 45 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-590 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Hecht (8 May 1942 - 18 Jun 1942)
Blücher (14 Aug 1942 - 20 Aug 1942)
Iltis (6 Sep 1942 - 23 Sep 1942)
Neuland (8 Mar 1943 - 13 Mar 1943)
Dränger (14 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Seewolf (21 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
General notes on this boat
4 May 1942. On 4 May, 1942 U-590 had to return to base due to technical problems.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-590 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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