Patrol info for U-705
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 1 Aug 1942 | Kiel | 3 Sep 1942 | Lost | 34 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Kptlt. Karl-Horst Horn |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-705
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We have 23 daily positions for the 34 days U-705 was at sea.
Departure from Kiel on 1 Aug 1942.
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Sunk on 3 Sep 1942.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-705 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Lohs (11 Aug 1942 - 26 Aug 1942)
Ships hit by U-705 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 1942 | U-705 | Karl-Horst Horn |  | Balladier | 3,279 |  | am | SC-95 |
| 3,279 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (3,279 tons). Legend | ||||||||
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-705 during this patrol
24 Aug 1942
After reporting the convoy ONS-122 in the late evening on 23 August, the boat was located by HF/DF and hunted by HNoMS Potentilla and HMS Viscount. At 00.15 hours on 24 August, the corvette first got a radar contact on U-705 and forced her to dive by AA gunfire after illuminating the area with star shells. She then dropped four depth charges, followed by five from HMS Viscount and another two attacks by HNoMS Potentilla with ten. During these attack both escorts located the nearby U-135 with radar and forced her to dive in the same area. Both U-boats were then attacked with 57 depth charges in the next two hours, the final attack being made by HMS Viscount with a new weapon, the Hedgehog. U-705 was damaged in the action with her stern tube out of action. (Sources: ADM reports, KTB U-705)
25 Aug 1942
At 05.24 hours, HMS Viscount sighted a surfaced U-boat in fog behind the convoy ONS-122, observed it to dive at once and then attacked twice with five depth charges until contact was lost at 05.53 hours. The destroyer carried out a box search and obtained a radar contact at 06.09 hours, sighting a U-boat two minutes later and assumed that it was the same as she had attacked earlier. In fact, the second was U-176 while the first probably was U-705. (Sources: ADM reports)
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