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 37.59N, 23.34E, after being damaged by US bombs. 1 person died; number of survivors is unknown.


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