Patrol info for U-515
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 9 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | 14 Jan 1944 | Lorient | 67 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Werner Henke |
1WO Ltn. Heinrich Niemeyer |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-515
Legend
means a ship hit (sunk or damaged).
indicates an Allied attack on the boat.
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 daily positions for all 67 days on this patrol.
Departure from St. Nazaire on 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 - 22 Nov 1943 - 23 Nov 1943 - 24 Nov 1943 - 25 Nov 1943 - 26 Nov 1943 - 27 Nov 1943 - 28 Nov 1943 - 29 Nov 1943 - 30 Nov 1943 - 1 Dec 1943 - 2 Dec 1943 - 3 Dec 1943 - 4 Dec 1943 - 5 Dec 1943 - 6 Dec 1943 - 7 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943 - 9 Dec 1943 - 10 Dec 1943 - 11 Dec 1943 - 12 Dec 1943 - 13 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943 - 15 Dec 1943 - 16 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943 - 18 Dec 1943 - 19 Dec 1943 - 20 Dec 1943 - 21 Dec 1943 - 22 Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1943 - 24 Dec 1943 - 25 Dec 1943 - 26 Dec 1943 - 27 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943 - 29 Dec 1943 - 30 Dec 1943 - 31 Dec 1943 - 1 Jan 1944 - 2 Jan 1944 - 3 Jan 1944 - 4 Jan 1944 - 5 Jan 1944 - 6 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944 - 8 Jan 1944 - 9 Jan 1944 - 10 Jan 1944 - 11 Jan 1944 - 12 Jan 1944 - 13 Jan 1944 -
Arrival at Lorient on 14 Jan 1944.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-515 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Schill 1 (16 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)
Ships hit by U-515 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 1943 | U-515 | Werner Henke | HMS Chanticleer (U 05) (t.) | 1,350 |  | br | MKS-30 | |
| 17 Dec 1943 | U-515 | Werner Henke | Kingswood | 5,080 | | br | ||
| 20 Dec 1943 | U-515 | Werner Henke |  | Phemius | 7,406 | | br | |
| 24 Dec 1943 | U-515 | Werner Henke | | Dumana | 8,427 | | br | STL-8 |
| 22,263 | ||||||||
4 ships sunk (22,263 tons). Legend | ||||||||
General Events during this patrol
We have no events listed for this patrol.
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-515 during this patrol
18 Nov 1943
Several Allied escorts attacked the boat when she was attacking the combined convoy MKS 30 and SL139. After escaping, Henke took the boat to the Canary Islands where he camouflages the boat and carried out extensive repairs before continuing the patrol. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 459)
About this data
If you believe we have missed an attack on a German U-boat in this listing please let us know.
See all patrols for U-515
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.
Return to U-boat Patrols main page