German submarine U-259

German submarine U-259

Unterseeboot 259 or U-259 was a German World War II Type VIIC submarine commissioned on 18 February 1942. U-259 served with 5. Unterseebootflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) for training and later served operationally with 3. Unterseebootflottille from 1 September 1942 to 15 November 1942. U-259 completed two patrols, but did not sink any ships.

U-259 was sunk with all hands on 15 November 1942 in the Mediterranean by depth charges dropped by a Lockheed Hudson light bomber of RAF No.500 Squadron.

References

*Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.


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