Patrol info for U-652
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 23 Aug 1941 | Trondheim | 18 Sep 1941 | Lorient | 27 days |
Commander | Officers * | ||||
Oblt. Georg-Werner Fraatz |
1WO Gerhard Remus |
2WO Karl-Heinz Laudahn |
WO sea training Hellmut Rehren |
WO sea training Fridtjof Heckel |
WO sea training Gerhard Ady |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-652
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We have 28 daily positions for the 27 days U-652 was at sea.
Departure from Trondheim on 23 Aug 1941.
24 Aug 1941 - 25 Aug 1941 - 26 Aug 1941 - 27 Aug 1941 - 28 Aug 1941 - 29 Aug 1941 - 30 Aug 1941 - 31 Aug 1941 - 1 Sep 1941 - 2 Sep 1941 - 3 Sep 1941 - 4 Sep 1941 - 5 Sep 1941 - 6 Sep 1941 - 7 Sep 1941 - 8 Sep 1941 - 9 Sep 1941 - 10 Sep 1941 - 11 Sep 1941 - 12 Sep 1941 - 13 Sep 1941 - 14 Sep 1941 - 15 Sep 1941 - 16 Sep 1941 - 17 Sep 1941 -
Arrival at Lorient on 18 Sep 1941.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-652 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Markgraf (27 Aug 1941 - 16 Sep 1941)
Ships hit by U-652 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug 1941 | U-652 | Georg-Werner Fraatz |  | HMS Southern Prince (d.) | 10,917 |  | br | |
| 10 Sep 1941 | U-652 | Georg-Werner Fraatz | Tahchee (d.) | 6,508 | | br | SC-42 | |
| 10 Sep 1941 | U-652 | Georg-Werner Fraatz | | Baron Pentland (d.) | 3,410 | | br | SC-42 |
| 20,835 | ||||||||
3 ships damaged (20,835 tons). Legend | ||||||||
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-652 during this patrol
4 Sep 1941
On 4 September 1941, the American destroyer USS Greer had been signalled by a British bomber, that a German submarine was hiding in the vicinity. Greer found sound contact, and started to pursue the U-boat (U-652) from close range. The aircraft dropped 4 depth charges, and left the scene, leaving the two fighting ships. Soon after the U-boat fired a torpedo at the US warship, perhaps believing she dropped the four bombs. After this USS Greer went into attack, and a 2 hour battle followed, during which she dropped 19 depth charges, and the U-boat fired another torpedo, without results. President Roosevelt used this event in his campaign to convince the US to go to war, and the "undeclared war" between U-boats and US escorts escalated dramatically.
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