German submarine U-559
German submarine U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Laid down on 1 February 1940 at the Blohm & Voss shipyards in Hamburg as "Baunummer 535" ("Yard number 535"), she was launched on 8 January 1941 and commissioned on 27 February under Kapitänleutnant Hans Heidtmann.
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German submarine U-559
German submarine U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Laid down on 1 February 1940 at the Blohm & Voss shipyards in Hamburg as "Baunummer 535" ("Yard number 535"), she was launched on 8 January 1941 and commissioned on 27 February under Kapitänleutnant Hans Heidtmann.
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German submarine U-559 was a T ...... king the U-boat Enigma cipher.
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L'Unterseeboot 559 est un sous ...... nt la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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O Unterseeboot 559 foi um subm ...... seguindo 38 destes sobreviver.
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U 559 war ein deutsches U-Boot ...... eine wesentliche Bedeutung zu.
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commissioning date
1941-02-27
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laying down
1940-02-01
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order date
1939-10-16
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ship launched
1941-01-08
status
Sunk by depth charges, 30 October 1942
top speed (kmh)
3.27804e+1
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commanders
*Kptlt. Hans Heidtmann
*February 1941 – October 1942
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Military of Germany
Ship armament
*5 × torpedo tubes
*14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
*1 × deck gun
*various AA guns
Ship complement
Ship propulsion
*2 shafts
*2 × diesel engines
*2 × electric motors
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* at surfaced
* at submerged
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*
*Crush depth:
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victories
*Four commercial ships sunk
*one warship sunk
*one commercial ship damaged
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31.783333333333335 33.4
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German submarine U-559 was a T ...... apitänleutnant Hans Heidtmann.
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L'Unterseeboot 559 est un sous ...... nt la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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O Unterseeboot 559 foi um subm ...... seguindo 38 destes sobreviver.
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U 559 war ein deutsches U-Boot ...... eine wesentliche Bedeutung zu.
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German submarine U-559
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U 559
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U-559
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Unterseeboot 559
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U-559
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