Patrol info for U-565
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 1 Sep 1941 | Brest | 7 Oct 1941 | Lorient | 37 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Oblt. Johann Jebsen |
1WO Oblt. Friedrich Bürgel |
2WO Rudolf Kugelberg |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-565
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We have daily positions for all 37 days on this patrol.
Departure from Brest on 1 Sep 1941.
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Arrival at Lorient on 7 Oct 1941.
Ships hit by U-565 during this patrol
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General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-565 during this patrol
5 Oct 1941
At 11.02 hours, the inbound boat was attacked by a Blenheim (1404 Met Flt RAF/A, pilot P/O Jack Coleman) in the Bay of Biscay. About 30 minutes earlier, the aircraft had unsuccessfully attacked U-563 and was searching for this U-boat when U-565 was spotted and attacked from ahead. The 250lb A/S bomb dropped actually hit the net deflector and conning tower of the crash-diving U-boat and bounced off as a dud. The aircrew apparently misinterpreted the rapid dive of the U-boat at a heavy angle and claimed a sinking, while she in fact escaped without damage. (Sources: KTB U-565/ADM 199-1782)
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