Patrol info for U-231
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 27 Sep 1943 | Bordeaux | 22 Nov 1943 | La Pallice | 57 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Wolfgang Wenzel |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-231
We have daily positions for all 57 days on this patrol.
Departure from Bordeaux on 27 Sep 1943.
28 Sep 1943 - 29 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943 - 1 Oct 1943 - 2 Oct 1943 - 3 Oct 1943 - 4 Oct 1943 - 5 Oct 1943 - 6 Oct 1943 - 7 Oct 1943 - 8 Oct 1943 - 9 Oct 1943 - 10 Oct 1943 - 11 Oct 1943 - 12 Oct 1943 - 13 Oct 1943 - 14 Oct 1943 - 15 Oct 1943 - 16 Oct 1943 - 17 Oct 1943 - 18 Oct 1943 - 19 Oct 1943 - 20 Oct 1943 - 21 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943 - 23 Oct 1943 - 24 Oct 1943 - 25 Oct 1943 - 26 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943 - 28 Oct 1943 - 29 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943 - 1 Nov 1943 - 2 Nov 1943 - 3 Nov 1943 - 4 Nov 1943 - 5 Nov 1943 - 6 Nov 1943 - 7 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943 - 9 Nov 1943 - 10 Nov 1943 - 11 Nov 1943 - 12 Nov 1943 - 13 Nov 1943 - 14 Nov 1943 - 15 Nov 1943 - 16 Nov 1943 - 17 Nov 1943 - 18 Nov 1943 - 19 Nov 1943 - 20 Nov 1943 - 21 Nov 1943 -
Arrival at La Pallice on 22 Nov 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-231 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
Siegfried 1 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
Körner (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
Ships hit by U-231 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
1943
16 Oct 1943. U-231 pulled five men from the water after U-964 was sunk by an aircraft. One, the commander Oblt. z.S. Hummerjohann, was already dead, and a second died some minutes later.
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Attacks on U-231 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-231 duing this patrol.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.