Convoy battles
OG-71
United Kingdom - Gibraltar (North Atlantic)17 Aug 1941 - 23 Aug 1941
| The Convoy | 22 ships |
| First sighting | On 17 Aug 1941 by U-201 |
| Escorts | Sloop Leigh destroyer RNoN Bath corvettes Campala, Hydrangea, Bluebell, Campion, Wallflower and Zinnia A/S trawler Lord Nuffield Addition from 20.8; destroyers Gurkha and Legion, from 21.8 destroyer Boreas. |
U-boats | U-75, U-559 *, U-204 *, U-83, U-106, U-201 *, U-564 * and U-552 * * U-boats that fired torpedo or used the deck gun |
The battle | Contact was lost from the 19th until the 21st, when Fw-200 locates it, when the shadower U-106 was driven off. But the U-boats establish contact on the 22nd by the U-201 and maintained until the 23rd. 8 ships are sunk for 13,225 tons, no additional ships are damaged. 2 escorts sunk. |
Article compiled by Tom Linclau
Ships hit from convoy OG-71
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | GRT | Nat. | |
| 19 Aug 1941 | U-201 | Adalbert Schnee | Aguila | 3.255 |  br | |
| 19 Aug 1941 | U-201 | Adalbert Schnee | Ciscar | 1.809 | br | |
| 19 Aug 1941 | U-204 | Walter Kell | HNoMS Bath (I 17) | S | 1.060 |  nw |
| 19 Aug 1941 | U-559 | Hans Heidtmann | Alva | 1.584 | br | |
| 22 Aug 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | Clonlara | 1.203 |  ir | |
| 22 Aug 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | Empire Oak | 484 | br | |
| 23 Aug 1941 | U-201 | Adalbert Schnee | Aldergrove | 1.974 | br | |
| 23 Aug 1941 | U-201 | Adalbert Schnee | Stork | 787 | br | |
| 23 Aug 1941 | U-552 | Erich Topp | Spind | D | 2.129 | nw |
| 23 Aug 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | HMS Zinnia (K 98) | 900 | br | |
Convoy info: S = straggler, D = dispersed, R = Romper | ||||||
10 ships sunk with a total of 15.185 tons from convoy OG-71