Patrol info for U-201
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
6 Sep 1942 | Brest | 26 Oct 1942 | Brest | 51 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Oblt. Günther Rosenberg |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-201
We have daily positions for all 51 days on this patrol.
Departure from Brest on 6 Sep 1942.
7 Sep 1942 - 8 Sep 1942 - 9 Sep 1942 - 10 Sep 1942 - 11 Sep 1942 - 12 Sep 1942 - 13 Sep 1942 - 14 Sep 1942 - 15 Sep 1942 - 16 Sep 1942 - 17 Sep 1942 - 18 Sep 1942 - 19 Sep 1942 - 20 Sep 1942 - 21 Sep 1942 - 22 Sep 1942 - 23 Sep 1942 - 24 Sep 1942 - 25 Sep 1942 - 26 Sep 1942 - 27 Sep 1942 - 28 Sep 1942 - 29 Sep 1942 - 30 Sep 1942 - 1 Oct 1942 - 2 Oct 1942 - 3 Oct 1942 - 4 Oct 1942 - 5 Oct 1942 - 6 Oct 1942 - 7 Oct 1942 - 8 Oct 1942 - 9 Oct 1942 - 10 Oct 1942 - 11 Oct 1942 - 12 Oct 1942 - 13 Oct 1942 - 14 Oct 1942 - 15 Oct 1942 - 16 Oct 1942 - 17 Oct 1942 - 18 Oct 1942 - 19 Oct 1942 - 20 Oct 1942 - 21 Oct 1942 - 22 Oct 1942 - 23 Oct 1942 - 24 Oct 1942 - 25 Oct 1942 -
Arrival at Brest on 26 Oct 1942.
Ships hit by U-201 during this patrol
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
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2 Oct 1942 | U-201 | Günther Rosenberg | Alcoa Transport | 2,084 | am | A | |||
8 Oct 1942 | U-201 | Günther Rosenberg | John Carter Rose | 7,191 | am | TRIN-15 | B | ||
9 Oct 1942 | U-201 | Günther Rosenberg | Flensburg | 6,421 | nl | C | |||
15,696 | |||||||||
3 ships sunk (15,696 tons). Legend |
General Events during this patrol
1942
8 Oct 1942. After sinking the American merchantman John Carter Rose, the crew of U-201 gave the shipwrecked survivors provisions and bandages. This was four weeks after the issuing of the Laconia order, in which Admiral Dönitz directly forbade U-boats to undertake any rescue activity of this kind.
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Attacks on U-201 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-201 duing this patrol.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.