Patrol info for U-43
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
11 May 1941 | Lorient | 1 Jul 1941 | Lorient | 52 days |
Commander | Officers * | |||
Kptlt. Wolfgang Lüth |
1WO Oblt. Richard Becker |
Cdr training Kptlt. Erich Würdemann |
ObStrm and 3WO Theodor Petersen |
WO sea training Gottfried König |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-43
We have daily positions for all 52 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 11 May 1941.
12 May 1941 - 13 May 1941 - 14 May 1941 - 15 May 1941 - 16 May 1941 - 17 May 1941 - 18 May 1941 - 19 May 1941 - 20 May 1941 - 21 May 1941 - 22 May 1941 - 23 May 1941 - 24 May 1941 - 25 May 1941 - 26 May 1941 - 27 May 1941 - 28 May 1941 - 29 May 1941 - 30 May 1941 - 31 May 1941 - 1 Jun 1941 - 2 Jun 1941 - 3 Jun 1941 - 4 Jun 1941 - 5 Jun 1941 - 6 Jun 1941 - 7 Jun 1941 - 8 Jun 1941 - 9 Jun 1941 - 10 Jun 1941 - 11 Jun 1941 - 12 Jun 1941 - 13 Jun 1941 - 14 Jun 1941 - 15 Jun 1941 - 16 Jun 1941 - 17 Jun 1941 - 18 Jun 1941 - 19 Jun 1941 - 20 Jun 1941 - 21 Jun 1941 - 22 Jun 1941 - 23 Jun 1941 - 24 Jun 1941 - 25 Jun 1941 - 26 Jun 1941 - 27 Jun 1941 - 28 Jun 1941 - 29 Jun 1941 - 30 Jun 1941 -
Arrival at Lorient on 1 Jul 1941.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-43 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
West (17 May 1941 - 16 Jun 1941)
Kurfürst (16 Jun 1941 - 20 Jun 1941)
Ships hit by U-43 during this patrol
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 May 1941 | U-43 | Wolfgang Lüth | Notre Dame du Châtelet | 488 | fr | A | |||
6 Jun 1941 | U-43 | Wolfgang Lüth | Yselhaven | 4,802 | nl | OB-328 | B | ||
17 Jun 1941 | U-43 | Wolfgang Lüth | Cathrine | 2,727 | br | SL-76 | C | ||
8,017 | |||||||||
3 ships sunk (8,017 tons). Legend |
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-43 during this patrol
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.