WWII U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U-586

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Please note that in the table below you can find a 'Map' column. This helps to find that particular attack on the map below.

Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
9 Feb 1942Dietrich von der Esch Anna Knudsen (d.)9,057nwA
2 Nov 1942Dietrich von der Esch Empire Gilbert6,640brB
 
9 Mar 1943Dietrich von der Esch Puerto Rican6,076amRA-53C
 21,773

2 ships sunk (12,716 tons) and 1 ship damaged (9,057 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.

In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.
In other cases the posititions are too close and the markers overlap, not much we can do about that.

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