Patrol info for U-71
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 29 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire | 31 Oct 1941 | St. Nazaire | 33 days |
Commander | Officers * | |||
 Kptlt. Walter Flachsenberg |
1WO Oblt. Horst Schünemann |
1WO Oblt. Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann |
2WO Oblt. Günther-Paul Grave |
WO Karl-Hermann Bortfeldt |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-71
We have daily positions for all 33 days on this patrol.
Departure from St. Nazaire on 29 Sep 1941.
30 Sep 1941 - 1 Oct 1941 - 2 Oct 1941 - 3 Oct 1941 - 4 Oct 1941 - 5 Oct 1941 - 6 Oct 1941 - 7 Oct 1941 - 8 Oct 1941 - 9 Oct 1941 - 10 Oct 1941 - 11 Oct 1941 - 12 Oct 1941 - 13 Oct 1941 - 14 Oct 1941 - 15 Oct 1941 - 16 Oct 1941 - 17 Oct 1941 - 18 Oct 1941 - 19 Oct 1941 - 20 Oct 1941 - 21 Oct 1941 - 22 Oct 1941 - 23 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941 - 25 Oct 1941 - 26 Oct 1941 - 27 Oct 1941 - 28 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941 - 30 Oct 1941 -
Arrival at St. Nazaire on 31 Oct 1941.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-71 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Breslau (2 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941)
Ships hit by U-71 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
1941
9 Oct 1941. Very crowded in the Atlantic today! By chance U-71 met U-204, U-83 and U-372 some 500 miles off Spain.
19 Oct 1941. The boat fired two torpedoes at a cruiser escorted by two destroyers in the North Atlantic, but without result.
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Attacks on U-71 during this patrol
26 Oct 1941
During battle against convoy HG 75, U-71 attacked an escort with a four-torpedo fan, which missed. The former target then depth charged the boat for seven hours, leaving U-71 so severely damaged that she was forced to return to base. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 393)
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.