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German submarine U-592 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out ten patrols, was a member of 16 wolfpacks and sank one ship of Шаблон:GRT.

The boat was sunk by depth charges from British warships on 31 January 1944.

Design

German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-592 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-592 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 30 October 1940 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 568, launched on 20 August 1941 and commissioned on 16 October under the command of Kapitänleutnant Carl Borm.

She served with the 6th U-boat Flotilla from 16 October 1941 for training and stayed with that organization for operations from 1 February 1942. She was reassigned to the 11th flotilla on 1 July, then back to the sixth flotilla from 1 March 1943.

First and second patrols

U-592Шаблон:'s first patrol was preceded by a short trip from Hamburg to the German-controlled island of Helgoland, (also known as Heligoland), in February 1942. The patrol itself commenced on 3 March. She steamed up the Norwegian side of the North Sea and arrived at Bergen on 23 March.

For her second foray, she covered the Norwegian and Barents Seas.

Third patrol

Her third sortie was preceded by brief voyages from Bergen to Hamburg, then Kiel and back to Bergen. The patrol itself commenced with the boat's departure from the Norwegian port on 17 July 1942. She covered vast swathes of the Norwegian Sea before putting into Skjomenfjord, (south of Narvik), on 14 August.

Fourth patrol

U-592 covered the areas toward Spitsbergen (Svalbard) and Iceland.

Fifth patrol

The boat left Skjomenfjord on 7 October 1942. On the 14th, she scored her only success when she sank the Soviet ship Shchors with a mine off the western entrance to the Yugar Strait. This ship was being towed toward Belushja Bay when she sank in Шаблон:Convert of water.

Sixth patrol

This patrol, in November and December 1942, was relatively uneventful. The boat moved from Narvik to Bergen in mid-December.

Seventh patrol

U-592 left Bergen on 9 March 1943, bound for the French Atlantic coast. Moving through the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, she entered the Atlantic Ocean and patrolled southeast of Greenland before entering St. Nazaire on 18 April.

Eight and ninth patrols

These two sorties were also fairly trouble-free; between May and November 1943.

Tenth patrol and loss

The submarine had left St. Nazaire on 10 January 1944. On the 31st, she was sunk by depth charges, in position Шаблон:Coord, from ships of the 2nd Support GroupШаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS, southwest of Ireland.

Forty-nine men died with U-592; there were no survivors.

Wolfpacks

U-592 took part in 16 wolfpacks, namely:

  • Wrangel (11 – 18 March 1942)
  • Naseweis (10 April 1942)
  • Bums (10 – 14 April 1942)
  • Blutrausch (15 – 19 April 1942)
  • Nebelkönig (27 July – 13 August 1942)
  • Trägertod (19 – 22 September 1942)
  • Boreas (19 November – 9 December 1942)
  • Seeteufel (21 – 30 March 1943)
  • Löwenherz (1 – 10 April 1943)
  • Siegfried (22 – 27 October 1943)
  • Siegfried 2 (27 – 30 October 1943)
  • Jahn (31 October – 2 November 1943)
  • Tirpitz 4 (2 – 8 November 1943)
  • Eisenhart 8 (9 – 10 November 1943)
  • Rügen (21 – 26 January 1944)
  • Hinein (26 – 29 January 1944)

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)
Fate[1]
14 October 1942 Shchors Шаблон:Flag 3,770 Sunk (mine)

References

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External links

Шаблон:German Type VII submarines Шаблон:January 1944 shipwrecks