Patrol info for U-66
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 6 Jan 1943 | Lorient | 24 Mar 1943 | Lorient | 78 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Friedrich Markworth |
1WO Heimar Wedemeyer |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-66
We have daily positions for all 78 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 6 Jan 1943.
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Arrival at Lorient on 24 Mar 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-66 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Rochen (27 Jan 1943 - 1 Mar 1943)
Tümmler (1 Mar 1943 - 17 Mar 1943)
Ships hit by U-66 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb 1943 | U-66 | Friedrich Markworth | Joseph Elise | 113 |  | fr | A | ||
| 27 Feb 1943 | U-66 | Friedrich Markworth | St. Margaret | 4,312 |  | br | ON-165 | B | |
| 4,425 | |||||||||
2 ships sunk (4,425 tons). | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1943
20 Jan 1943. On 20 January 1943 this boat landed espionage agent Jean Lallart on the coast of Mauritania near Cape Blanc. Lallart and the two men who rowed him ashore (Bootsmaat Wagner and Matrosenobergefreiter Daschkey) were immediately captured by the French. After waiting in vain for over 13 hours for his men to return, Kptlt. Markworth was forced to abandon them to whatever fate they had suffered. He learned of the their capture ten days later.
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Attacks on U-66 during this patrol
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.