U-Boat Operations

Operations information for U-593
02.03.1942 - 28.03.1942 First Sailing - active patrol U-593 left Kiel under the command of Gerd Kelbling on 2nd Mar 1942 and arrived at return on 28th Mar 1942 after more than three weeks.
20.04.1942 - 18.06.1942 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 20th Apr 1942, U-593 left St. Nazaire under the command of Gerd Kelbling and after eight and a half weeks arrived at return on 18th Jun 1942. Gerd Kelbling hit two ships on this patrol. On 14th May 1942 he damaged the Greek 4,853 ton Stavros. On 25th May 1942 he sank the Panamanian 8,426 ton Persephone.
22.07.1942 - 19.08.1942 Third Sailing - active patrol U-593 departed under Gerd Kelbling from St. Nazaire on 22nd Jul 1942 and arrived at return on 19th Aug 1942 after four weeks. Gerd Kelbling hit one ship on this patrol from convoy SC-94. On 5th Aug 1942 he sank the Dutch 3,616 ton Spar, sailing with convoy SC-94.
03.10.1942 - 15.10.1942 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-593 left St. Nazaire under the command of Gerd Kelbling on 3rd Oct 1942 and after more than one week arrived at return on 15th Oct 1942.
02.11.1942 - 16.11.1942 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 2nd Nov 1942, U-593 left La Spezia under the command of Gerd Kelbling and arrived at return on 16th Nov 1942 after two weeks. Gerd Kelbling hit one ship on this patrol from convoy KMS-2. On 12th Nov 1942 he sank the British 5,332 ton Browning, a member of convoy KMS-2.
29.11.1942 - 31.12.1942 Sixth Sailing - active patrol U-593 departed under Gerd Kelbling from La Spezia on 29th Nov 1942 and after four and a half weeks arrived at return on 31st Dec 1942.
06.02.1943 - 08.03.1943 Seventh Sailing - active patrol U-593 left Pola under the command of Gerd Kelbling on 6th Feb 1943 and arrived at return on 8th Mar 1943 after over four weeks.
13.03.1943 - 21.03.1943 Eighth Sailing - active patrol On the 13th Mar 1943, U-593 left Salamis under the command of Gerd Kelbling and after just over one week arrived at return on 21st Mar 1943. Gerd Kelbling hit two ships on this patrol. On 18th Mar 1943 he sank the British 1,940 ton Dafila. On 18th Mar 1943 he sank the British 2,626 ton Kaying.
25.03.1943 - 04.04.1943 Ninth Sailing - active patrol U-593 departed under Gerd Kelbling from Salamis on 25th Mar 1943 and arrived at return on 4th Apr 1943 after one and a half weeks. Gerd Kelbling hit one ship on this patrol. On 27th Mar 1943 he sank the British 5,157 ton City of Guildford.
08.04.1943 - 23.04.1943 Tenth Sailing - active patrol U-593 left Salamis under the command of Gerd Kelbling on 8th Apr 1943 and after just over two weeks arrived at return on 23rd Apr 1943. At 0937 HRS on 19th Apr 1943 U-593 came under attack from an aircraft of RAAF 459 Squadron. U-593 was moderately damaged by the attack. Gerd Kelbling hit one ship on this patrol. On 11th Apr 1943 he sank the British 1,858 ton Runo.
24.04.1943 - 28.04.1943 Eleventh Sailing On the 24th Apr 1943, U-593 left Salamis under the command of Gerd Kelbling and arrived at return on 28th Apr 1943 after four days.
13.06.1943 - 11.07.1943 Twelfth Sailing - active patrol U-593 departed under Gerd Kelbling from Pola on 13th Jun 1943 and after four weeks arrived at return on 11th Jul 1943. Gerd Kelbling hit three ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy: two were from convoy Elastic and one was from convoy KMS-18B. On 22nd Jun 1943 he fatally damaged the American 1,625 ton USS LST-333, part of convoy Elastic. On 22nd Jun 1943 he damaged the American 1,625 ton USS LST-387, from convoy Elastic. On 5th Jul 1943 he sank the British 6,054 ton Devis, sailing with convoy KMS-18B. Devis was carrying troops, and there was heavy loss of life with her sinking. She was carrying two British LCTs, one sank and one was damaged.
27.07.1943 - 08.08.1943 Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol U-593 left Toulon under the command of Gerd Kelbling on 27th Jul 1943 and arrived at return on 8th Aug 1943 after more than one week.
15.09.1943 - 05.10.1943 Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol On the 15th Sep 1943, U-593 left Toulon under the command of Gerd Kelbling and after nearly three weeks arrived at return on 5th Oct 1943. Gerd Kelbling hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy NSS-3. On 21st Sep 1943 he sank the American 7,176 ton William W Gerhard, a member of convoy NSS-3. On 25th Sep 1943 he sank the American 815 ton USS Skill.
26.10.1943 - 07.11.1943 Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol U-593 departed under Gerd Kelbling from Toulon on 26th Oct 1943 and arrived at return on 7th Nov 1943 after more than one week. Gerd Kelbling hit one ship on this patrol from convoy KMS-30. On 3rd Nov 1943 he sank the French 4,531 ton Mont Viso, part of convoy KMS-30.
25.11.1943 - 29.11.1943 Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol U-593 left Toulon under the command of Gerd Kelbling on 25th Nov 1943 and after four days arrived at return on 29th Nov 1943.
01.12.1943 - 13.12.1943 Seventeenth Sailing On the 1st Dec 1943, U-593 left Toulon under the command of Gerd Kelbling and arrived at return on 13th Dec 1943 after more than one week. Gerd Kelbling hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy KMS-34. On 12th Dec 1943 he sank the British 1,000 ton HMS Tynedale, from convoy KMS-34. On 12th Dec 1943 he sank the British 1,087 ton HMS Holcombe, sailing with convoy KMS-34.

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