Unterseeboot 596

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Unterseeboot 596 was a Type VIIC U-boat laid down on 4 January 1941 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg and commissioned on 13 November, 1941.

[edit] Career

In 12 patrols she sank 12 ships including one warship for a total of 41.411 GRT.

[edit] Fate

She was scuttled on 24 September 1944 in the Mediterranean in Skaramanga Bay, near Salamis in position 37°59′N, 23°34′E, after being damaged by US bombs. 1 person died; number of survivors is unknown.

• At 13:47 on 4 October 1943, U-596 sank the Norwegian steam tanker Marit near Derna, Libya.

[edit] References

• U-boat.net webpage for U-596

See Also: List of U-boats

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Categories: Submarine stubs | Type VII U-boats | U-boats commissioned in 1941 | U-boats scuttled in 1944 | U-boats of World War II | World War II Mediterranean shipwrecks

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