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

6)U 590

Ordered  16 Jan 1940

Laid down  31 Oct 1940   Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 566)

Launched  6 Aug 1941

Commissioned 2 Oct 41 Kptlt. Heinrich Müller-Edzards

Commanders

2 Oct 1941 - 7 Jun 1943  Kptlt. Heinrich Müller Edzards

8 Jun 43  -  9 Jul 1943  Oblt. (R) Werner Krüer

Career 

5 patrols 

2 Oct 1941 - 1 Apr 1942 6. Flotille (training)

1 Apr 1942 - 9 Jul 1943   6. Flotille (active service)

Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 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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