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Patrol info for U-402

Date lookup for 2 May 1942


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
26 Mar 1942St. Nazaire20 May 1942St. Nazaire56 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner
WO

Ltn. Otto Hübschen

U-402's position on 2 May 1942

Ships hit by U-402 on this date

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
2 May 1942U-402Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner USS Cythera (PY 26)602amA
 602

1 ship sunk (602 tons).

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General Events during this patrol

1942

2 May 1942. U-402 took two captives from the sunken US ship Cythera.

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