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Patrol info for U-16

Date lookup for 4 Oct 1939


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
13 Sep 1939Kiel5 Oct 1939Kiel23 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Hannes Weingaertner
WO

Oblt. Herbert Wohlfarth

Patrol description

Patrol in the North Sea between Skudenes and Egerøy, Norway. Ordered to carry out contraband control of neutral vessels and escorted German merchants along the Norwegian coast. The boat stopped 14 ships in 7 days and sank 1 of them because it carried contraband.


U-16's position on 4 Oct 1939

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