Patrol info for U-106
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 21 Oct 1941 | Lorient | 22 Nov 1941 | Lorient | 33 days |
Commander | Officers * | ||
 Oblt. Hermann Rasch |
1WO Oblt. Ralph Münnich |
2WO Helmut Wicke |
WO Karl Wunderlich |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-106
We have daily positions for all 33 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 21 Oct 1941.
22 Oct 1941 - 23 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941 - 25 Oct 1941 - 26 Oct 1941 - 27 Oct 1941 - 28 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941 - 30 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941 - 1 Nov 1941 - 2 Nov 1941 - 3 Nov 1941 - 4 Nov 1941 - 5 Nov 1941 - 6 Nov 1941 - 7 Nov 1941 - 8 Nov 1941 - 9 Nov 1941 - 10 Nov 1941 - 11 Nov 1941 - 12 Nov 1941 - 13 Nov 1941 - 14 Nov 1941 - 15 Nov 1941 - 16 Nov 1941 - 17 Nov 1941 - 18 Nov 1941 - 19 Nov 1941 - 20 Nov 1941 - 21 Nov 1941 -
Arrival at Lorient on 22 Nov 1941.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-106 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Raubritter (1 Nov 1941 - 15 Nov 1941)
Ships hit by U-106 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 1941 | U-106 | Hermann Rasch |  | King Malcolm | 5,120 |  | br | SC-50 | A |
| 30 Oct 1941 | U-106 | Hermann Rasch | | USS Salinas (AO 19) (d.) | 8,246 |  | am | ON-28 | B |
| 13,366 | |||||||||
1 ship sunk (5,120 tons) and 1 ship damaged (8,246 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-106 during this patrol
30 Oct 1941
After torpedoing the large American tanker Salinas the boat was hunted for nine hours by escorts from convoy
ON 28 and suffered severe damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 374)
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Men lost from U-boats
23 Oct 1941 |
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.