U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-103

Date lookup for 21 Nov 1940


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
9 Nov 1940Lorient12 Dec 1940Lorient34 days

Commander

Officers *


KrvKpt. Viktor Schütze
1WO

Oblt. Harald Gelhaus
2WO

Oblt. Wolfgang Römer
ObStrm

Paul Sander

U-103's position on 21 Nov 1940

Ships hit by U-103 on this date

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
21 Nov 1940U-103Viktor Schütze Daydawn4,768brOB-244A
21 Nov 1940U-103Viktor Schütze Victoria6,085grOB-244B
 10,853

2 ships sunk (10,853 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

General Events during this patrol

We have no events listed for this date.

Add more events! If you know of an interesting event either missing from this date or an upcoming event that you'd like to share please contact us. We continuously update these databases.

Attacks on U-103 during this patrol

21 Nov 1940
During an attack on convoy OB 244 NW of Ireland in which two ships were sunk, one of the convoy vessels turned to ram the surfaced U-103. U-103 fired a torpedo at the vessel, which missed, and just managed to evade ramming. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 208)

About this data
If you believe we have missed an attack on a German U-boat in this listing please let us know.

Return to see the full info on this patrol


See all patrols for U-103


* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

Return to U-boat Patrols main page