German submarine U-578 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out five patrols, sank four ships of 23,635 gross register tons (GRT) and sank a warship of 1,090 tons.

U-578 left St. Nazaire for a patrol in the North Atlantic on 6 August 1942 and was posted missing on 11 August after failing to report its passage of the Bay of Biscay. Previously recorded fate Sunk 10 Aug, 1942 in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.49N, 07.44W, by depth charges from a Czechoslovakian aircraft (Czech.

U 578, unter Korvettenkapitän Ernst-August Rehwinkel, lief am 07.05.1942 von St. Nazaire aus. Das Boot operierte im Nordatlantik und vor der Ostküste der USA. Es gehörte zu den U-Boot-Gruppen Hecht und Pfadfinder. Nach 57 Tagen und zurückgelegten 9.054 sm über und 441 sm unter Wasser, lief U 578 am 03.07.1942 wieder in St. Nazaire ein.

German submarine U-578 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out five patrols, sank four ships of 23,635 GRT and sank a warship of 1,090 tons. She was posted missing in the Bay of Biscay …

U 578 war ein deutsches Unterseeboot des Typs VII C von Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, welches in der Atlantikschlacht zum Einsatz kam.

2017年3月7日 · Korvettenkapitän (soon to be Fregattenkapitän) Ernst-August Rehwinkel brought U-578 for its second patrol to New England waters on the 27 th of May 1942, the same day he sank the Polyphemus. He would go on to sink the Norwegian Berganger south of Nantucket on the 2 nd of June before exiting the region on the 9 th .

German submarine U-578 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

2014年4月20日 · U-578 Rehwinkel 25-May-1942 14 days. Korvettenkapitän (later Fregattenkapitän) Ernst-August Rehwinkel entered the region around Bermuda on the 25th of May 1942 and would spend an aggregate of 14 days there. Two days after his entry Rehwinkel dispatched the Dutch motor vessel Polyphemus of 6,269 tons north of Bermuda on the 27th.

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Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-578. We have daily positions for all 58 days on this patrol.