U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-124


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
19 Aug 1940Wilhelmshaven16 Sep 1940Lorient29 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Georg-Wilhelm Schulz
Cdr sea training

Oblt. Reinhard Hardegen
Cdr training

Kptlt. Wilhelm Kleinschmidt
ObStrm

Wilhelm Gerlach

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-124

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We have daily positions for all 29 days on this patrol.

Ships hit by U-124 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
25 Aug 1940U-124Georg-Wilhelm Schulz Stakesby (d.)3,900brHX-65A
25 Aug 1940U-124Georg-Wilhelm Schulz Harpalyce5,169brHX-65A
25 Aug 1940U-124Georg-Wilhelm Schulz Fircrest5,394brHX-65A
 14,463

2 ships sunk (10,563 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,900 tons).

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(d.) means the ship was damaged.

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-124 during this patrol

25 Aug 1940
In the late evening, the boat successfully attacked convoy HX-65A and then dived to evade HMS Godetia, which dropped 12 depth charges and then lost contact to U-124 because she lied stopped on the bottom for one hour after hitting a rock formation at a depth of 90 meters. The U-boat was not damaged by the attack itself, but the collision had damaged three of the four bow torpedo tubes so the boat was ordered to assume weather reporting duties for the rest of her patrol.

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