Unterseeboot 559 (U-559) was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. Type VII U-boats were the workhorses of the German World War II U-boot-waffe, and appeared in several sub-types. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... The Kriegsmarine or War Navy was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi reign. ...

On the night of 30 October 1942 the British destroyer HMS Petard forced U-559 to the surface off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the warship. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...

Able Seaman Colin Grazier, Lieutenant Antony Fasson, and NAAFI canteen assistant Tommy Brown swam naked to the abandoned submarine which was in the course of sinking after being scuttled by its crew. They successfully recovered code books that produced invaluable information for the codebreakers at Bletchley Park working on the cracking of the Enigma machine. Grazier and Fasson failed to leave the submarine in time, and were drowned when the ship sank. Both were awarded the George Cross posthumously. The Victoria Cross could not be awarded because their bravery was not "in the face of the enemy". Brown was awarded the George Medal. The NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) (pronounced NAFF-ee) is a non-profit retaining organization created by the British government in 1921 to run recreational establishments needed by the Armed Forces, and to sell goods to servicemen and their families. ... During World War II, British cryptographers at Bletchley Park broke a large number of Axis codes and ciphers, including the German Enigma machine. ... In the history of cryptography, the Enigma was a portable cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. ... The George Cross The George Cross (GC) is the highest Commonwealth decoration awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry not in the face of the enemy and is equal to the Victoria Cross. ... Victoria Cross, Source: Veterans Affairs Canada The Victoria Cross (official post-nominal letters VC) is the highest award for valour that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces of any rank in any service and civilians under military command. ... The George Medal was created by Britains King George VI on 24th September 1940. ...

The recovery was one of several such events that inspired the fictional account of the submarine capture in the movive U-571. Movie poster of U-571 U-571 is a 2000 movie directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, and Jon Bon Jovi, in which a German submarine is boarded in 1942 by disguised American submariners trying to capture its Enigma cipher machine. ...

See Also: List of U-boats Unterseeboot 2 (1906) (1935) Unterseeboot 4 Unterseeboot 19 Unterseeboot 20 (1912) (1936) Unterseeboot 27 Unterseeboot 28 Unterseeboot 32 Unterseeboot 47 (1938) Unterseeboot 74 Unterseeboot 81 Unterseeboot 96 Unterseeboot 110 Unterseeboot 123 (1918) (1940) Unterseeboot 155 Unterseeboot 166 Unterseeboot 190 Unterseeboot 234 Unterseeboot 238 Unterseeboot 413 (1942) Unterseeboot 429 Unterseeboot 459...