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Patrol info for U-68


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
11 Sep 1941Lorient25 Dec 1941Lorient106 days

Commander

Officers *


KrvKpt. Karl-Friedrich Merten
1WO

Oblt. August Maus
2WO

Oblt. Albert Lauzemis

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-68


We have daily positions for all 106 days on this patrol.

Departure from Lorient on 11 Sep 1941.
12 Sep 1941 - 13 Sep 1941 - 14 Sep 1941 - 15 Sep 1941 - 16 Sep 1941 - 17 Sep 1941 - 18 Sep 1941 - 19 Sep 1941 - 20 Sep 1941 - 21 Sep 1941 - 22 Sep 1941 - 23 Sep 1941 - 24 Sep 1941 - 25 Sep 1941 - 26 Sep 1941 - 27 Sep 1941 - 28 Sep 1941 - 29 Sep 1941 - 30 Sep 1941 - 1 Oct 1941 - 2 Oct 1941 - 3 Oct 1941 - 4 Oct 1941 - 5 Oct 1941 - 6 Oct 1941 - 7 Oct 1941 - 8 Oct 1941 - 9 Oct 1941 - 10 Oct 1941 - 11 Oct 1941 - 12 Oct 1941 - 13 Oct 1941 - 14 Oct 1941 - 15 Oct 1941 - 16 Oct 1941 - 17 Oct 1941 - 18 Oct 1941 - 19 Oct 1941 - 20 Oct 1941 - 21 Oct 1941 - 22 Oct 1941 - 23 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941 - 25 Oct 1941 - 26 Oct 1941 - 27 Oct 1941 - 28 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941 - 30 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941 - 1 Nov 1941 - 2 Nov 1941 - 3 Nov 1941 - 4 Nov 1941 - 5 Nov 1941 - 6 Nov 1941 - 7 Nov 1941 - 8 Nov 1941 - 9 Nov 1941 - 10 Nov 1941 - 11 Nov 1941 - 12 Nov 1941 - 13 Nov 1941 - 14 Nov 1941 - 15 Nov 1941 - 16 Nov 1941 - 17 Nov 1941 - 18 Nov 1941 - 19 Nov 1941 - 20 Nov 1941 - 21 Nov 1941 - 22 Nov 1941 - 23 Nov 1941 - 24 Nov 1941 - 25 Nov 1941 - 26 Nov 1941 - 27 Nov 1941 - 28 Nov 1941 - 29 Nov 1941 - 30 Nov 1941 - 1 Dec 1941 - 2 Dec 1941 - 3 Dec 1941 - 4 Dec 1941 - 5 Dec 1941 - 6 Dec 1941 - 7 Dec 1941 - 8 Dec 1941 - 9 Dec 1941 - 10 Dec 1941 - 11 Dec 1941 - 12 Dec 1941 - 13 Dec 1941 - 14 Dec 1941 - 15 Dec 1941 - 16 Dec 1941 - 17 Dec 1941 - 18 Dec 1941 - 19 Dec 1941 - 20 Dec 1941 - 21 Dec 1941 - 22 Dec 1941 - 23 Dec 1941 - 24 Dec 1941 -
Arrival at Lorient on 25 Dec 1941.

Ships hit by U-68 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
22 Sep 1941U-68Karl-Friedrich Merten Silverbelle5,302brSL-87A
22 Oct 1941U-68Karl-Friedrich Merten Darkdale8,145brB
28 Oct 1941U-68Karl-Friedrich Merten Hazelside5,297brC
1 Nov 1941U-68Karl-Friedrich Merten Bradford City4,953brD
 23,697

4 ships sunk (23,697 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

General Events during this patrol

1941

23 Sep 1941. U-68 inspected the Spanish tanker Gobeo.

27 Sep 1941. U-68 and U-111 met at a remote location, Tarafal Bay in the Cape Verde Islands at 1320 hrs. Allied code-breaking efforts had learned of the rendezvous (to treat a medical case on U-68) and placed a submarine in the area. Four torpedoes were transferred from the homebound U-111 to U-68. Just before midnight, U-111 was rammed and seriously damaged by the British submarine HMS Clyde. Shortly afterwards U-67 also appeared on the scene and in the confusion she and the British submarine had a collision which damaged both boats.

16 Dec 1941. U-68 transferred 60 survivors from the sinking of the German support ships Python and Atlantis to the Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli.

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Attacks on U-68 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-68 duing this patrol.

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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