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U BOATS IN ACTION SOUTH ATLANTIC - U 201 U 862

20)U-590



Commissioned 2/Oct/41 U-590 a type VII-C had 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 03º22"N 48º38"W, by depth charges from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-94/P-1).


45 Dead (all hands lost).


By www.uboat.net


In the south Atlantic she sank the Brazilian merchant PELOTASLOIDE with 7,840DWT


PELOTASLOIDE (Seen as former AUCTORITAS)


 

 

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