Patrol info for U-602
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 1 Dec 1942 | Lorient | 21 Dec 1942 | La Spezia | 21 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Philipp Schüler |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-602
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 21 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 1 Dec 1942.
2 Dec 1942 - 3 Dec 1942 - 4 Dec 1942 - 5 Dec 1942 - 6 Dec 1942 - 7 Dec 1942 - 8 Dec 1942 - 9 Dec 1942 - 10 Dec 1942 - 11 Dec 1942 - 12 Dec 1942 - 13 Dec 1942 - 14 Dec 1942 - 15 Dec 1942 - 16 Dec 1942 - 17 Dec 1942 - 18 Dec 1942 - 19 Dec 1942 - 20 Dec 1942 -
Arrival at La Spezia on 21 Dec 1942.
Ships hit by U-602 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 1942 | U-602 | Philipp Schüler | HMS Porcupine (G 93) (t.) | 1,540 |  | br | ||
| 1,540 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (1,540 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-602 during this patrol
4 Dec 1942
Vectored in by signals from the inbound U-603 the boat found the convoy but was also driven down and hunted extensively but managed to escape and resume shadowing the convoy. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 136)
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-602
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.
Return to U-boat Patrols main page