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).
In the south Atlantic U-582 sank 2 ships for a total of 15,115DWT
HONOLULAN - STELLA LYKES
HONOLULAN
STELLA LYKES