Patrol info for U-201
Date lookup for 8 Oct 1942
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 6 Sep 1942 | Brest | 26 Oct 1942 | Brest | 51 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Günther Rosenberg |
U-201's position on 8 Oct 1942
Ships hit by U-201 on this date
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 1942 | U-201 | Günther Rosenberg |  | John Carter Rose | 7,191 |  | am | TRIN-15 | A |
| 7,191 | |||||||||
1 ship sunk (7,191 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1942
8 Oct 1942. After sinking the American merchantman John Carter Rose, the crew of U-201 gave the shipwrecked survivors provisions and bandages. This was four weeks after the issuing of the Laconia order, in which Admiral Dönitz directly forbade U-boats to undertake any rescue activity of this kind.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.