German submarine U-59 (1938)
- Displacement
- 286 long tons (291 t)
- Length
- 43.9 m (144 ft)
- Beam
- 4.08 m (13.4 ft)
- Speed
- 12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
Service
- as U-594 March 1939 — 3 May 19452,071 days of the war
- Name
- U-59
- Pennant / hull number
- 1938
- Builder
- Deutsche Werke, Kiel
- Ordered
- 17 June 1937
- Laid down
- 5 October 1937
- Launched
- 12 October 1938
- Commissioned
- 4 March 1939
- Fate
- Scuttled at Kiel on 3 May 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 286 long tons (291 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 336 long tons (341 t)
- Length
- 43.9 m (144 ft) OA
- Beam
- 4.08 m (13.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.82 m (12.5 ft)
- Speed
- 12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
- Range
- 1,900 nmi (3,519 km)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
U-59 was a Type IIC coastal submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1938. Deutsche Werke, Kiel laid her keel on 5 October 1937. Launched on 12 October 1938, she entered service on 4 March 1939.
Her class ran to 50 ships. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.
The boat displaced 286 long tons surfaced and 336 long tons submerged. She measured 43.9 m (144 ft) long with a beam of 4.1 m (13 ft). Her designed speed was 12 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.
Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,071 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 3 May 1945. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 700 PS (diesels)
- 410 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1 (1935)
- German submarine U-10 (1935)
- German submarine U-11 (1935)
- German submarine U-12 (1935)
- German submarine U-120 (1940)
- German submarine U-121 (1940)
- German submarine U-13 (1935)
- German submarine U-137 (1940)
- German submarine U-138 (1940)
- German submarine U-139 (1940)
- German submarine U-14 (1935)
- German submarine U-140 (1940)
- German submarine U-141 (1940)
- German submarine U-142 (1940)
- German submarine U-143 (1940)
- German submarine U-144 (1940)
- German submarine U-145 (1940)
- German submarine U-146 (1940)
- German submarine U-147 (1940)
- German submarine U-148 (1940)
- German submarine U-149 (1940)
- German submarine U-15 (1936)
- German submarine U-150 (1940)
- German submarine U-151 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-59 (1938) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.