Patrol info for U-514
Date lookup for 28 Sep 1942
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
15 Aug 1942 | Kristiansand | 9 Nov 1942 | Lorient | 87 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Kptlt. Hans-Jürgen Auffermann |
U-514's position on 28 Sep 1942
Ships hit by U-514 on this date
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
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28 Sep 1942 | U-514 | Hans-Jürgen Auffermann | Ozório (t.) | 2,730 | bz | A | |||
28 Sep 1942 | U-514 | Hans-Jürgen Auffermann | Lages (t.) | 5,472 | bz | B | |||
8,202 | |||||||||
2 ships sunk (8,202 tons). Legend |
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Attacks on U-514 during this patrol
28 Sep 1942
During the night of 27/28 Sep. 1942, U-514 carried out two successful attacks on a small convoy of four merchant ships escorted by USS Roe (DD 418) while on the surface off the Amazon estuary. At 01.10 hrs, the U-boat had been forced to dive after being fired on by the Brazilian steam merchant Imediato João Silva, but succeeded in leaving the area without being attacked by the escort.
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