Patrol info for U-852
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 18 Jan 1944 | Kiel | 3 May 1944 | Lost | 107 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Heinz-Wilhelm Eck |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-852
We have 53 daily positions for the 107 days U-852 was at sea.
Departure from Kiel on 18 Jan 1944.
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Sunk on 3 May 1944.
Ships hit by U-852 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 1944 | U-852 | Heinz-Wilhelm Eck |  | Peleus | 4,695 |  | gr | A | |
| 1 Apr 1944 | U-852 | Heinz-Wilhelm Eck | Dahomian | 5,277 |  | br | B | ||
| 9,972 | |||||||||
2 ships sunk (9,972 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1944
14 Mar 1944. U-852 was proceeding to the Indian Ocean to join the Monsun wolfpack when its commander committed an act that made it infamous. Kptlt. Heinz Eck had survivors and wreckage from the Greek steamer Peleus machine-gunned with the intention of erasing all traces of the sinking. Eck and two of his crew were tried and executed after the war: he was the only U-boat commander indicted for war crimes. See our article Heinz-Wilhelm Eck: Siegerjustiz and the Peleus Affair.
3 May 1944. On 3 May 1944 the Allies captured an intact Fa330 "Bachstelze" autogyro carried by the U-852, the first inkling of its existence. Impressed by its simplicity and ease of assembly, they began evaluation. Source: Aircraft of the Smithsonian
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Attacks on U-852 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-852 duing this patrol (prior to its loss).
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.