Unterseeboot 1059

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Unterseeboot 1059 (also known as U-1059) was a German World War II Type VIIF submarine commissioned on 1 May 1943. The U-1059 was one of four Type VIIF torpedo transport submarines, each could carry 39 torpedoes, and were used to re-supply other U-Boats at sea. U-1059 first served with 5. Unterseebootflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) for training and later served with 12. Unterseebootflottille from 1 January 1944 to 19 March 1944. U-1059 completed one torpedo transport patrol.

While transporting torpedoes to U-Boats operating in the Far East, U-1059 was sunk on 19 March 1944 at 13°06′N 33°26′W / 13.1, -33.44Coordinates: 13°06′N 33°26′W / 13.1, -33.44, southwest of the Cape Verde Islands by Avengers and Wildcats from the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21). Of U-1059’s crew, 47 were killed and 8 survived the attack.^[1]

[edit] References

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