Patrol info for U-69
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 10 Feb 1941 | Kiel | 1 Mar 1941 | Lorient | 20 days |
Commander | Officers * | ||
 Kptlt. Jost Metzler |
1WO Oblt. Günther Heydemann |
2WO Hans-Botho Bade |
WO sea training Werner Klug |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-69
We have 17 daily positions for the 20 days U-69 was at sea.
Departure from Kiel on 10 Feb 1941.
11 Feb 1941 - 12 Feb 1941 - 13 Feb 1941 - 14 Feb 1941 - 15 Feb 1941 - 16 Feb 1941 - 17 Feb 1941 - 18 Feb 1941 - 19 Feb 1941 - 20 Feb 1941 - 21 Feb 1941 - 22 Feb 1941 - 23 Feb 1941 - 24 Feb 1941 - 25 Feb 1941 - 26 Feb 1941 - 27 Feb 1941 - 28 Feb 1941 -
Arrival at Lorient on 1 Mar 1941.
Ships hit by U-69 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 1941 | U-69 | Jost Metzler |  | Siamese Prince | 8,456 |  | br | A | |
| 19 Feb 1941 | U-69 | Jost Metzler | Empire Blanda | 5,693 | | br | HX-107 | B | |
| 23 Feb 1941 | U-69 | Jost Metzler | | Marslew | 4,542 | | br | OB-288 | C |
| 18,691 | |||||||||
3 ships sunk (18,691 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
We have no events listed for this patrol.
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-69 during this patrol
22 Feb 1941
The U-boat was depth-charged twice by a Sunderland flying boat. (Sources: Kenneth Wynn)
24 Feb 1941
After a night attack on convoy OB 288 one of the escorts hunted the boat for three hours, dropping 22 depth charges, but U-69 escaped undamaged. (Sources: Kenneth Wynn)
About this data
If you believe we have missed an attack on a German U-boat in this listing please let us know.
See all patrols for U-69
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.