German_submarine_U-559
1942 in the United KingdomAllied Chinese ShipsColin GrazierDecember 1941Enigma (2001 film)February 1941German submarine U559German submarine U 559HMAS ParramattaIndex of World War II articles (G)Kenneth CummingList of German U-boatsList of Royal Australian Navy lossesList of wolfpacks of World War IIMichael Arbuthnot AshcroftNovember 1941October 1942October 30Tommy Brown (NAAFI assistant)U-559U559U 559Unterseeboot 559
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German submarine U-559 was a T ...... U-boat Enigma machine 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 — німецький підводний чо ...... кіпажу загинули, 38 врятовані.
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غواصة يو-559 غواصة يو بوت ألما ...... س خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية.
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class
commissioning date
1941-02-27
country
height (μ)
laying down
1940-02-01
length (μ)
order date
1939-10-16
ship beam (μ)
displacement (g)
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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is ship
yes
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Service record
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operations
partof
portal
Military of Germany
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World War II
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Ship armament
*5 × torpedo tubes
*14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
*1 × deck gun
*1 x C/30 AA gun
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Ship beam
* o/a
* pressure hull
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Ship builder
Ship class
Ship commissioned
1941-02-27
Ship complement
Ship country
Ship displacement
* surfaced
* submerged
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Ship fate
Ship laid down
1940-02-01
Ship launched
1941-01-08
Ship length
* o/a
* pressure hull
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Ship name
U-559
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Ship ordered
1939-10-16
Ship power
*
*
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Ship propulsion
*2 shafts
*2 × diesel engines
*2 × electric motors
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Ship range
* at surfaced
* at submerged
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Ship speed
* surfaced
* submerged
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Ship test depth
*
*Crush depth:
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Ship yard number
victories
*Four commercial ships sunk
*one warship sunk
*one commercial ship damaged
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