U-boat patrols


Patrol info for U-953


DepartureArrival / FateDays
26 Dec 1943La Pallice20 Feb 1944La Pallice57 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach		 1WO

Gustav Bischoff		 WO

Oblt. Ernst Reimann		 WO training

Günter Ruperti

U-953's daily positions during the patrol


We have daily positions for all 57 days on this patrol.

Ships hit by U-953 during this patrol

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No ships hit by U-953 on this patrol.

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-953 during this patrol

11 Jan 1944
The boat fired a T-5 homing torpedo at a corvette but missed and was in turn hunted down for 13 hours by escorts equipped with depth charges and hedgehogs. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 491)

4 Feb 1944
The boat was vectored in to attack convoy ON 222 but while attempting to do so an unknown Allied aircraft attacked the boat. Date may be approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 497)

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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