U BOATS IN ACTION SOUTH ATLANTIC - U-518 U-863

5)U 582

Ordered - 8 Jan 1940

Laid down - 25 Sep 1940

Launched - 12 Jun 1941

Commissioned 7 Aug Kptlt. Werner Schultze

Commanders

7 Aug 1941 -  5 Oct 1942 - KrvKpt. Werner Schultze

Career 

4 patrols  

7 Aug 1941- 31 Dec 1941 5. Flotille (training)

1 Jan 1942 -  5 Oct 1942  1. Flotille (active service)

Successes - 6 ships sunk, total tonnage 38,826 GRT

1 warship sunk, total tonnage 46 tons (lost aboard transport ships)

Fate - Sunk on 5 October 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 58º.52'N, 21º.42'W, by depth charges from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-73 USN/I). 46 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, June 1987).

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In the south Atlantic U-582 sank 2 ships for a total of 15,115DWT

HONOLULAN - STELLA LYKES

HONOLULAN

STELLA LYKES

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