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Patrol info for U-66


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
23 Jun 1942Lorient29 Sep 1942Lorient99 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Friedrich Markworth
1WO

Oblt. Karl-Hartwig Siebold

Patrol description

The translated war diary of U-66 for this patrol is available on our partner website: uboatarchive.net


Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-66


We have 98 daily positions for the 99 days U-66 was at sea.

Ships hit by U-66 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
9 Jul 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Triglav6,363yuA
26 Jul 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Tamandaré4,942bzB
28 Jul 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Weirbank5,150brC
2 Aug 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth HMS MTB-339 (d.) [Mine]32brD
2 Aug 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth HMS MTB-342 (d.) [Mine]32brE
6 Aug 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Rozewie766poF
29 Aug 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Topa Topa5,356amG
30 Aug 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Sir Huon6,049paH
30 Aug 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth West Lashaway5,637amI
31 Aug 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Winamac8,621brTRIN-3J
9 Sep 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Peiping6,390swK
 49,338

9 ships sunk (49,274 tons) and 2 ships damaged (64 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

General Events during this patrol

1942

25 Sep 1942. U-66 put a medical case ashore at El Ferrol, Spain.

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Attacks on U-66 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-66 duing this patrol.

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Mine-laying operations during this patrol

U-66 laid mines on the following dates during this patrol:

DateStartEndGridLocationMines
20 Jul 194200h4801h09ED 6913Port Castries, St. Lucia6 TMB

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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