Patrol info for U-231
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 27 Sep 1943 | Bordeaux | 22 Nov 1943 | La Pallice | 57 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Kptlt. Wolfgang Wenzel |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-231
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We have daily positions for all 57 days on this patrol.
Departure from Bordeaux on 27 Sep 1943.
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Arrival at La Pallice on 22 Nov 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-231 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
Siegfried 1 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
Körner (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
Ships hit by U-231 during this patrol
No entries found.
General Events during this patrol
1943
16 Oct 1943. U-231 pulled from the water five men from the just-sunk U-964. One of them, the commander Oblt. z.S. Hummerjohann, was already dead, and a second survivor died some minutes after his rescue, so only three men of U-964 survived.
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Attacks on U-231 during this patrol
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.
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