Patrol info for U-214
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 13 Jun 1942 | Brest | 17 Jun 1942 | Lorient | 5 days |
| 17 Jun 1942 | Lorient | 18 Jun 1942 | Brest | 2 days |
| 7 days | ||||
Commander | Officers * |
Kptlt. Günther Reeder |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-214
Legend
indicates an Allied attack on the boat.
The route is shown in a red line. You may have to zoom out to see all data.
In some cases missing data may make the route appear go overland which U-boats of course never did on patrols.
Left click to zoom-in and right-click to zoom out.
We have daily positions for all 7 days on this patrol.
Departure from Brest on 13 Jun 1942.
Arrival at Lorient on 13 Jun 1942.
Departure from Lorient on 14 Jun 1942.
15 Jun 1942 - 16 Jun 1942 -
Arrival at Lorient on 17 Jun 1942.
Arrival at Brest on 18 Jun 1942.
Ships hit by U-214 during this patrol
No entries found.
General Events during this patrol
We have no events listed for this patrol.
Add more events! If you know of an interesting event either missing from this date or an upcoming event that you'd like to share please contact us. We continuously update these databases.
Attacks on U-214 during this patrol
16 Jun 1942
At 03.44 hours, the outbound boat was strafed and attacked with 3 depth charges by a Leigh-Light equipped aircraft in the Bay of Biscay. A second attack was prevented by AA fire, but the damage forced the boat to return to Lorient. (Sources: Ritschel)
About this data
If you believe we have missed an attack on a German U-boat in this listing please let us know.
See all patrols for U-214
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.
Return to U-boat Patrols main page