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Patrol info for U-66


DepartureArrival / FateDays
23 Jun, 1942Lorient29 Sep, 1942Lorient99 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Friedrich Markworth
1WO

Karl-Hartwig Sieboid

U-66's daily positions during the patrol


We have 98 daily positions for the 99 days U-66 was at sea.

Ships hit by U-66 during this patrol

DateU-boatCommanderName of shipTonsNat.Convoy
 
9 Jul, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Triglav6.363yu 
26 Jul, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Tamandaré4.942bz 
28 Jul, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Weirbank5.150br 
2 Aug, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth HMS MTB-339 (d.) [Mine]32br 
2 Aug, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth HMS MTB-342 (d.) [Mine]32br 
6 Aug, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Rozewie766po 
29 Aug, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Topa Topa5.356am 
30 Aug, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Sir Huon6.049pa 
30 Aug, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth West Lashaway5.637am 
31 Aug, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Winamac8.621brTRIN-3 
9 Sep, 1942U-66Friedrich Markworth Peiping6.390sw 
 49.338
9 ships sunk (49.274 tons) and 2 ships damaged (64 tons).
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.


Legend
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
We have a picture of this vessel.


Locations of ships hit during this patrol


We have 9 positions of the 11 ships attacked.

General Events during this patrol

We have no events listed for this patrol.

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Attacks on U-66 during this patrol *

We have no recorded attacks on U-66 during this patrol.

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Men lost from U-boats

According to our records there were no men lost from U-66 during this patrol.

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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