Patrol info for U-68
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 11 Sep 1941 | Lorient | 25 Dec 1941 | Lorient | 106 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
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We have daily positions for all 106 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 11 Sep 1941.
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Arrival at Lorient on 25 Dec 1941.
Ships hit by U-68 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 1941 | U-68 | Karl-Friedrich Merten |  | Silverbelle | 5,302 |  | br | SL-87 |
| 22 Oct 1941 | U-68 | Karl-Friedrich Merten | | Darkdale | 8,145 | | br | |
| 28 Oct 1941 | U-68 | Karl-Friedrich Merten | Hazelside | 5,297 | | br | ||
| 1 Nov 1941 | U-68 | Karl-Friedrich Merten | | Bradford City | 4,953 | | br | |
| 23,697 | ||||||||
4 ships sunk (23,697 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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 in a remote location; the Tarafal Bay in the Cape Verde Islands at 1320 hrs. Allied code-breaking efforts had learned of the rendezvous (to treat an ill man on U-68) and placed a submarine in the area. 4 torpedoes were transferred from the homebound U-111 to U-68. Just before midnight U-111 was rammed and seriously damaged by the 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 sunken 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 during this patrol.
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