U - 588
Dynamic photo showing the U - 588 , a German submarine type VIIC , who recently went to sea to patrol . Most of the body that are not covered by water clearly show the pattern of dark gray camouflage useful to break up the silhouette of the ship's length . Note also that U-boat emblem consisting of two white roosters dueling each other ( the term : cock ! ) . The emblem is most likely referring to the last name of the captain of the ship , Kapitänleutnant Victor Vogel
specification
Type : VIIC
Work orders : January 16, 1940
Manufacture : October 31, 1940 ( Blohm & Voss , Hamburg , werk 564 )
Launch : July 23, 1941
Assignment : 18 September 1941 ( Kapitänleutnant Victor Vogel )
commander
18 September 1941 - July 31, 1942 Kapitänleutnant Victor Vogel
patrol
1 . 8 January 1942 ( Kiel ) - January 30, 1942 ( Lorient ) : 23 days - 5,851 GRT
2 . February 12, 1942 ( Lorient ) - March 27, 1942 (St. Nazaire ) : 44 days - 11,666 GRT
3 . 19 April 1942 (St. Nazaire ) - June 7, 1942 (St. Nazaire ) : 50 days - 21 435 GRT
4 . July 19, 1942 (St. Nazaire ) - July 31, 1942 ( sink ) : 13 days
Total : 4 patrol with 130 days at sea
achievement
7 ships sunk for a total tonnage of 31,492 GRT , and 1 ship damaged for a total tonnage of 7,460 GRT
end
Drowned dated July 31, 1942 in the North Atlantic, in position 49.59N , 36.36W , by depth of bomb strikes Canadian corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Skeena . all 46 crew were killed .
sources :
Magazine " U - Boot im Focus " issue number 2 of 2007
www.uboat.net
Dynamic photo showing the U - 588 , a German submarine type VIIC , who recently went to sea to patrol . Most of the body that are not covered by water clearly show the pattern of dark gray camouflage useful to break up the silhouette of the ship's length . Note also that U-boat emblem consisting of two white roosters dueling each other ( the term : cock ! ) . The emblem is most likely referring to the last name of the captain of the ship , Kapitänleutnant Victor Vogel
specification
Type : VIIC
Work orders : January 16, 1940
Manufacture : October 31, 1940 ( Blohm & Voss , Hamburg , werk 564 )
Launch : July 23, 1941
Assignment : 18 September 1941 ( Kapitänleutnant Victor Vogel )
commander
18 September 1941 - July 31, 1942 Kapitänleutnant Victor Vogel
patrol
1 . 8 January 1942 ( Kiel ) - January 30, 1942 ( Lorient ) : 23 days - 5,851 GRT
2 . February 12, 1942 ( Lorient ) - March 27, 1942 (St. Nazaire ) : 44 days - 11,666 GRT
3 . 19 April 1942 (St. Nazaire ) - June 7, 1942 (St. Nazaire ) : 50 days - 21 435 GRT
4 . July 19, 1942 (St. Nazaire ) - July 31, 1942 ( sink ) : 13 days
Total : 4 patrol with 130 days at sea
achievement
7 ships sunk for a total tonnage of 31,492 GRT , and 1 ship damaged for a total tonnage of 7,460 GRT
end
Drowned dated July 31, 1942 in the North Atlantic, in position 49.59N , 36.36W , by depth of bomb strikes Canadian corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Skeena . all 46 crew were killed .
sources :
Magazine " U - Boot im Focus " issue number 2 of 2007
www.uboat.net