Английская Википедия:German submarine U-582
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsШаблон:Infobox service recordGerman submarine U-582 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out four patrols, sank six ships of Шаблон:GRT and sank a warship of 46 tons (lost aboard a transport ship).
The boat was sunk by depth charges from a US aircraft, southwest of Iceland on 5 October 1942.
Design
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-582 had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert when at the surface and Шаблон:Convert while submerged.Шаблон:Sfn She had a total length of Шаблон:Convert, a pressure hull length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a height of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while surfaced, two Brown, Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two Шаблон:Convert propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Шаблон:Convert and a maximum submerged speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn When submerged, the boat could operate for Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert; when surfaced, she could travel Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. U-582 was fitted with five Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one [[8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun|Шаблон:Convert SK C/35 naval gun]], 220 rounds, and a [[2 cm FlaK 30|Шаблон:Convert C/30]] anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.Шаблон:Sfn
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 25 September 1940 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 558, launched on 12 June 1941 and commissioned on 7 August under the command of Korvettenkapitän Werner Schulte.
She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 7 August 1941 for training and the 1st U-boat Flotilla for operations until her loss, from 1 January until 5 October 1942.
First patrol
U-582Шаблон:'s first patrol was preceded by a diversion to Trondheim in Norway to replace the stud bolts of her exhaust valves.[1] She left the Nordic port on 3 January 1942 and headed for the Atlantic Ocean via the gap separating the Faroe and Shetland Islands. A lookout broke an arm in bad weather on the tenth, but she sank the Refast on the 26th off St. Johns.
She arrived at Brest in occupied France, on 7 February.
Second patrol
Her second foray took her to the US east coast, but the pickings were thin, she returned to Brest on 24 May 1942 without any successes.
Third patrol
She sank the Port Hunter on 12 July 1942 Шаблон:Convert west southwest of Madeira. The ship had been carrying ammunition and depth charges as well as HMNZS ML-1090, a 46-tons patrol craft being taken from Britain to New Zealand as deck cargo. Debris from the exploding ship was found on the U-boat's casing.
She also sank the Empire Attendant a few days later (15 July) southwest of the Canary Islands.
When she sank the Honolulan on 22 July Шаблон:Convert south of the Cape Verde Islands, the vessel went down with her steam whistle still sounding, some two hours after being hit.
U-582 disposed of the Stella Lykes Шаблон:Convert south of Fogo in the Cape Verde Islands on 27 July 1942 with seven demolition charges placed by a boarding party in the abandoned ship. The U-boat had fired two torpedoes and 161 rounds from her deck gun but she remained afloat. The master and chief engineer were taken prisoner; the ship sank by the stern.
Fourth patrol and loss
The submarine left Brest for the last time on 14 September 1942. On the 23rd, she sank the Vibran about Шаблон:Convert north northeast of the Azores.
She was sunk on 5 October 1942 by depth charges dropped by a US PBY Catalina from VP-73 southwest of Iceland.
Forty-six men died with U-582; there were no survivors.
Previously recorded fate
U-582 was sunk on 5 October 1942 by a British Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 Squadron RAF. It was later ascertained that this attack sank the sub was sunk by Catalina pby-5a with bu no 2459, owned by a Dutch group of aviation enthousiastsШаблон:GS.
Wolfpacks
U-582 took part in five wolfpacks, namely:
- Zieten (15 – 22 January 1942)
- Hai (3 – 21 July 1942)
- Blitz (22 – 26 September 1942)
- Tiger (26 – 30 September 1942)
- Luchs (1 – 5 October 1942)
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 1] | Fate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 1942 | Refast | Шаблон:Flag | 5,189 | Sunk |
| 12 July 1942 | Port Hunter | Шаблон:Flag | 8,826 | Sunk |
| 12 July 1942 | HMNZS ML-1090[Note 2] | Шаблон:Navy | 46 | Sunk |
| 15 July 1942 | Empire Attendant | Шаблон:Flag | 7,524 | Sunk |
| 22 July 1942 | Honolulan | Шаблон:Flagcountry | 7,493 | Sunk |
| 27 July 1942 | Stella Lykes | Шаблон:Flagcountry | 6,801 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1942 | Vibran | Шаблон:Flagcountry | 2,993 | Sunk |
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
External links
Шаблон:German Type VII submarines Шаблон:October 1942 shipwrecks
- ↑ Gannon, Michael – Operation Drumbeat – the dramatic true story of Germany's first U-boat attacks along the American coast in World War II, 1990, Harper and Row publishers, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 133
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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