Patrol info for U-96
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 26 Dec 1942 | St. Nazaire | 8 Feb 1943 | Königsberg | 45 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel |
1WO Hans-Heinrich Haß |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-96
Legend
The route is shown in a red line. You may have to zoom out to see all data.
In some cases missing data may make the route appear go overland which U-boats of course never did on patrols.
Left click to zoom-in and right-click to zoom out.
We have 43 daily positions for the 45 days U-96 was at sea.
Departure from St. Nazaire on 26 Dec 1942.
27 Dec 1942 - 28 Dec 1942 - 29 Dec 1942 - 30 Dec 1942 - 31 Dec 1942 - 1 Jan 1943 - 2 Jan 1943 - 3 Jan 1943 - 4 Jan 1943 - 5 Jan 1943 - 6 Jan 1943 - 7 Jan 1943 - 8 Jan 1943 - 9 Jan 1943 - 10 Jan 1943 - 11 Jan 1943 - 12 Jan 1943 - 13 Jan 1943 - 14 Jan 1943 - 15 Jan 1943 - 16 Jan 1943 - 17 Jan 1943 - 18 Jan 1943 - 19 Jan 1943 - 20 Jan 1943 - 21 Jan 1943 - 22 Jan 1943 - 23 Jan 1943 - 24 Jan 1943 - 25 Jan 1943 - 26 Jan 1943 - 27 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943 - 29 Jan 1943 - 30 Jan 1943 - 31 Jan 1943 - 1 Feb 1943 - 2 Feb 1943 - 3 Feb 1943 - 4 Feb 1943 - 5 Feb 1943 - 6 Feb 1943 - 7 Feb 1943 -
Arrival at Königsberg on 8 Feb 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-96 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Jaguar (10 Jan 1943 - 20 Jan 1943)
Ships hit by U-96 during this patrol
No entries found.
General Events during this patrol
1943
3 Jan 1943. U-96 transferred a medical case to U-163, which was on her way to base.
Add more events! If you know of an interesting event either missing from this date or an upcoming event that you'd like to share please contact us. We continuously update these databases.
Attacks on U-96 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-96 during this patrol.
If you believe we have omitted an attack on U-96 please let us know.
See all patrols for U-96
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.