Patrol info for U-130
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Days | ||
| 27 Dec 1941 | Lorient | 25 Feb 1942 | Lorient | 61 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 KrvKpt. Ernst Kals |
1WO Oblt. Hans Möglich |
2WO Ltn. Eberhard Zimmermann |
U-130's daily positions during the patrol
We have daily positions for all 61 days on this patrol.
Ships hit by U-130 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1942 | U-130 | Ernst Kals | Friar Rock | 5,427 |  | pa | SC-64 | |
| 13 Jan 1942 | U-130 | Ernst Kals | Frisco | 1,582 |  | nw | ||
| 21 Jan 1942 | U-130 | Ernst Kals |  | Alexandra Høegh | 8,248 | | nw | |
| 25 Jan 1942 | U-130 | Ernst Kals | | Varanger | 9,305 | | nw | |
| 27 Jan 1942 | U-130 | Ernst Kals | | Francis E. Powell | 7,096 |  | am | |
| 27 Jan 1942 | U-130 | Ernst Kals | | Halo (d.) | 6,986 | | am | |
| 38,644 | ||||||||
5 ships sunk (31,658 tons) and 1 ship damaged (6,986 tons). Legend | ||||||||
Locations of ships hit during this patrol
We have positions of the 6 ships attacked.
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-130 during this patrol
12 Jan 1942
At 16.28 hours the surfaced boat was attacked in the Cabot Strait by a Canadian aircraft, dropping two 250lb depth charges. Luckily for the boat the green aircrew botched up the attack and the boat escaped unharmed. (Sources: KTB U-130)
18 Jan 1942
After unsuccessfully attacking a fast motor merchant off Nova Scotia at night, the boat was nearly lost when surprised on the surface by two Canadian "destroyers" about 01.20 hours. One of them tried to ram and passed only 10 metres astern of U-130 that immediately crash-dived. Iced-up diesel air intakes caused 8 tons of water to enter the boat which hit the bottom at a depth of 48 metres. Luckily the warships dropped no depth charges, perhaps due to their equipment also being frozen. The Germans managed to pump the water out and the boat later headed southwards into warmer seas. (Sources: KTB U-130)
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