Patrol info for U-198
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
9 Mar 1943 | Kiel | 24 Sep 1943 | Bordeaux | 200 days |
Commander | Officers * |
FrgKpt. Werner Hartmann |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-198
We have daily positions for all 200 days on this patrol.
Departure from Kiel on 9 Mar 1943.
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Arrival at Bordeaux on 24 Sep 1943.
Ships hit by U-198 during this patrol
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
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17 May 1943 | U-198 | Werner Hartmann | Northmoor | 4,392 | br | LMD-17 | A | ||
29 May 1943 | U-198 | Werner Hartmann | Hopetarn | 5,231 | br | B | |||
5 Jun 1943 | U-198 | Werner Hartmann | Dumra | 2,304 | br | C | |||
6 Jun 1943 | U-198 | Werner Hartmann | William King | 7,176 | am | D | |||
6 Jul 1943 | U-198 | Werner Hartmann | Hydraios | 4,476 | gr | E | |||
7 Jul 1943 | U-198 | Werner Hartmann | Leana | 4,742 | br | F | |||
1 Aug 1943 | U-198 | Werner Hartmann | Mangkalihat | 8,457 | nl | BC-2 | G | ||
36,778 | |||||||||
7 ships sunk (36,778 tons). Legend |
General Events during this patrol
1943
5 Jun 1943. U-198 took the Chief Engineer prisoner after sinking the British merchantman Dumra in the Indian Ocean.
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Attacks on U-198 during this patrol
5 Apr 1943
18.10 hrs, NE of the Cape Verde Islands: a British Sunderland flying boat (RAF Sqn 204/H) dropped eight bombs on U-198, one of which hit the stern, but bounced off without detonating.
At 20.40 hrs, the same Sunderland dropped four more bombs on the boat, again without causing damage. (Sources: Rohwer/Ritschel)
17 May 1943
The escorts of small convoy LMD 17), two ASW trawlers and one aircraft, dropped some 55 depth charges after U-198 sank a ship. No damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 297)
19 May 1943
20.58 hrs: a British Catalina flying boat (RAF Sqn 262/J) dropped five bombs on the boat. No damage. The aircraft was damaged by flak and had to return to base on one engine. (Sources: Rohwer/Ritschel)
31 May 1943
A corvette escorting a small but well escorted convoy in the Indian Ocean attacked the boat and drove it very deep. No serious damage. At 19.43 hrs the boat fired at an approaching British Catalina (RAF Sqn 262/C) flying boat and then escaped by crash-diving, but subsequently lost the convoy. (Sources: Rohwer/Ritschel)
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.