Patrol info for U-333
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 1 Sep 1942 | La Pallice | 23 Oct 1942 | La Pallice | 53 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Peter-Erich Cremer |
1WO Ltn. Helmut Kandzior |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-333
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We have daily positions for all 53 days on this patrol.
Departure from La Pallice on 1 Sep 1942.
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Arrival at La Pallice on 23 Oct 1942.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-333 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Iltis (6 Sep 1942 - 23 Sep 1942)
Ships hit by U-333 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 1942 | U-333 | Peter-Erich Cremer | HMS Crocus (K 49) (d.) | 925 |  | br | ||
| 925 | ||||||||
1 ship damaged (925 tons). Legend | ||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1942
9 Oct 1942. Help for the heavily damaged U-333 came in the form of a meeting in the mid-Atlantic. A doctor from the milk cow U-459 came on board U-333 to aid the badly wounded commander Ali Cremer. On the same day Kapitänleutnant Lorenz Kasch transferred from U-107 and took over U-333 in deputize.
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Attacks on U-333 during this patrol
6 Oct 1942
The boat fought an epic battle with the British corvette HMS Crocus on 6 Oct, 1942. The U-boat lost 3 men dead (including the IWO) and several men wounded, including the commander, Peter Erich Cremer. The boat was heavily damaged and limped back to base with help from a replacement WO, Kptlt. Lorenz Kasch, from the U-107. The doctor from the Milk Cow U-459 helped the wounded. Cremer then spent 3 months in a hospital.[Oberleutnant zur See Bernhard Hermann, Bootsmaat Heinz Kurze, Maschinenobergefreiter Erwin Levermann].
21 Oct 1942
The former U-570 (captured 27 Aug, 1941), now on her first patrol under British service as HMS Graph, commanded by Peter B. Marriot, fired a spread of torpedoes on the heavily damaged inbound boat. Alert deck watch spotted the trails and managed to avoid the deadly attack. It was only after the war that it came out that this attack came from the former German U-boat. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 69)
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