U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-106


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
21 Oct 1941Lorient22 Nov 1941Lorient33 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Hermann Rasch		 1WO

Oblt. Ralph Münnich		 2WO

Helmut Wicke		 WO

Karl Wunderlich

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-106

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indicates an Allied attack on the boat.

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We have daily positions for all 33 days on this patrol.

Departure from Lorient on 21 Oct 1941.
22 Oct 1941 - 23 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941 - 25 Oct 1941 - 26 Oct 1941 - 27 Oct 1941 - 28 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941 - 30 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941 - 1 Nov 1941 - 2 Nov 1941 - 3 Nov 1941 - 4 Nov 1941 - 5 Nov 1941 - 6 Nov 1941 - 7 Nov 1941 - 8 Nov 1941 - 9 Nov 1941 - 10 Nov 1941 - 11 Nov 1941 - 12 Nov 1941 - 13 Nov 1941 - 14 Nov 1941 - 15 Nov 1941 - 16 Nov 1941 - 17 Nov 1941 - 18 Nov 1941 - 19 Nov 1941 - 20 Nov 1941 - 21 Nov 1941 -
Arrival at Lorient on 22 Nov 1941.

Wolfpack operations during this patrol

U-106 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
   Raubritter (1 Nov 1941 - 15 Nov 1941)

Ships hit by U-106 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
28 Oct 1941U-106Hermann Rasch King Malcolm5,120brSC-50
30 Oct 1941U-106Hermann Rasch USS Salinas (AO 19) (d.)8,246amON-28
 13,366

1 ship sunk (5,120 tons) and 1 ship damaged (8,246 tons).

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(d.) means the ship was damaged.

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-106 during this patrol

30 Oct 1941
After torpedoing the large American tanker Salinas the boat was hunted for 9 hours by escorts from convoy ON-28. The boat was seriously damaged. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 374)

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Men lost from U-boats

23 Oct 1941
An incredibly sad event befell U-106 on this date. When the replacement watch opened the tower hatch in rough seas they found out that the entire previous tower watch of 4 men had been washed overboard. [Oberleutnant zur See Werner Grüneberg, Fähnrich zur See Herbert von Bruchhausen, Oberbootsmannmaat Karl Heemann, Matrose Ewald Brühl]


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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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