U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-559


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
29 Sep 1942Messina30 Oct 1942Lost32 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Hans Heidtmann

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-559


We have daily positions for all 32 days on this patrol.

Ships hit by U-559 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
12 Oct 1942U-559Hans Heidtmann Bringhi (t.)200agA
 200

1 ship sunk (200 tons).

Legend
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

General Events during this patrol

1942

30 Oct 1942. The sinking boat was boarded by three men from HMS Petard who had swum over to her. Two of them went down with the wreck when it foundered, but they had managed to pass out the Enigma code machine, with the current rotor settings, and the cipher books. This allowed the Allies to read naval traffic for several weeks and crack Enigma codes thereafter.

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Attacks on U-559 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-559 duing this patrol (prior to its loss).

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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