Patrol info for U-648
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 25 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 28 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 4 days |
| 9 Oct 1943 | St. Nazaire | 23 Nov 1943 | Lost | 46 days |
| 50 days | ||||
Commander | Officers * |
Oblt. Peter-Arthur Stahl |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-648
Legend
indicates an Allied attack on the boat.
shows the loss of the U-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 48 daily positions for the 50 days U-648 was at sea.
Departure from St. Nazaire on 25 Sep 1943.
26 Sep 1943 - 27 Sep 1943 -
Arrival at St. Nazaire on 28 Sep 1943.
Departure from St. Nazaire on 9 Oct 1943.
10 Oct 1943 - 11 Oct 1943 - 12 Oct 1943 - 13 Oct 1943 - 14 Oct 1943 - 15 Oct 1943 - 16 Oct 1943 - 17 Oct 1943 - 18 Oct 1943 - 19 Oct 1943 - 20 Oct 1943 - 21 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943 - 23 Oct 1943 - 24 Oct 1943 - 25 Oct 1943 - 26 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943 - 28 Oct 1943 - 29 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943 - 1 Nov 1943 - 2 Nov 1943 - 3 Nov 1943 - 4 Nov 1943 - 5 Nov 1943 - 6 Nov 1943 - 7 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943 - 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 -
Sunk on 23 Nov 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-648 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Siegfried (25 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
Siegfried 3 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
Jahn (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
Tirpitz 5 (2 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943)
Eisenhart 10 (9 Nov 1943 - 10 Nov 1943)
Eisenhart 8 (10 Nov 1943 - 11 Nov 1943)
Eisenhart 7 (11 Nov 1943 - 15 Nov 1943)
Schill 2 (17 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)
Ships hit by U-648 during this patrol
No entries found.
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-648 during this patrol
20 Nov 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
Canadian Sunderland W6031 (422 Sqdn RCAF/G, pilot F/O J.D.B. Ulrichson, RCAF)
At 17.45 hours, the boat was attacked by the Sunderland near the combined convoy SL-139/MKS-30. U-648 had been warned by the Naxos reciever and fought off an attack with accurate AA fire. About one hour later the aircraft sent a distress call that they were about to ditch in 42°40N/19°30W. However, the 11 crewmen were never found.
(Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)21 Nov 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British Liberator BZ819 (53 Sqdn RAF/A, pilot W/C H.R.A. Edwards, AFC)
At 04.12 hours, the boat was attacked by the Leigh Light equipped Liberator near convoy SL-139. The aircraft was apparently hit by AA fire during the strafing attack and its depth charges fell wide. During the return flight three engines failed and the Liberator had to ditch but only the pilot survived and was picked up by HMS Lincolnshire on 22 November.
(Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)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-648
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.
Return to U-boat Patrols main page