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The U-586 German VII-C class submarine
L' U-586 era un sommergibile Tedesco della diffusa e versatile Classe VII-C: fu costruito ad Amburgo nei cantieri Blohm und Voss nel corso del 1941, e varato nel 1942.. . The submarines of the VII-C class were 67.10m long; displacement 769 tons (surfaced) 871 tons (submerged); max speed 17.7kn (surfaced) 7.5kn (submerged); five 533mm torpedo launchers; one 88mm gun, plus one or two 20mm or one 37mm machine gun. They were designed to dive down to -220m. I sommergibili della Classe VII-C erano lunghi 67.10m; dislocamento 769 tonnellate (in emersione) e 871 tonnellate (in immersione); velocità massima 17.7 nodi (in emersione) e 7.5 nodi (in immersione); erano armati con cinque tubi lanciasiluri da 533mm e di un cannone da 88mm, più una o due mitragliere da 12.7mm o un cannone da 37mm; erano progettati per potersi immergere fino a -220m The U-586 sank two enemy ships in twelve missions. L' U-586 affondò due navi nemiche in dodici missioni. On July 5,
1944, she was attacked by some Consolidated B 24 Liberator American
bombers (USAF Squadron 233). Il 5 Luglio
1944 fu attaccato da alcuni bombardieri Statunitensi Consolidated B 24
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The U-586
was one of the successiful VII-C class German submarines: she was
built in Hamburg by Blohm und Voss during 1940, and launched during
1941.
