Events on this day

10 September

This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.

U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (3)	Launched (3)	Commissioned (5)
No U-boat orders on this date	1941: U-525 1942: U-904 1944: U-3019	1938: U-46 1942: U-230 1944: U-2336	1940: U-105 1942: U-168 U-639 1943: UIT-24 UIT-25
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages.

Allied Ships hit on this date

	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Country	Convoy
1939
	U-13 [Mine]	Daublebsky von Eichhain	Magdapur	8,641	br
	U-15 [Mine]	Buchholz	Goodwood	2,796	br
1941
	U-111	Kleinschmidt	Marken	5,719	nl
	U-432	Schultze	Muneric	5,229	br	SC-42
	U-432	Schultze	Stargard	1,113	nw	SC-42
	U-432	Schultze	Winterswijk	3,205	nl	SC-42
	U-652	Fraatz	Baron Pentland (d)	3,410	br	SC-42
	U-652	Fraatz	Tahchee (d)	6,508	br	SC-42
	U-81	Guggenberger	Sally Mærsk	3,252	br	SC-42
	U-82	Rollmann	Empire Hudson	7,465	br	SC-42
	U-85	Greger	Thistleglen	4,748	br	SC-42
1942
	U-659	Stock	Empire Oil (d)	8,029	br	ON-127
	U-96	Hellriegel	Elisabeth van Belgie	4,241	be	ON-127
	U-96	Hellriegel	F.J. Wolfe (d)	12,190	br	ON-127
	U-96	Hellriegel	Sveve	6,313	nw	ON-127
				82,859
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII.

Attacks on this day

1941

U-85. After sinking the British freighter Thistleglen from convoy SC 42 the boat suffered such severe damage from attacks by the escorts that she was forced to return to France. (Blair, vol 1, page 361)

1942

U-659. The boat was attacked by escorts from convoy ON 127 and seriously damaged. She was forced to return to France. (Blair, vol 2, page 31)

U-boats lost

1941: U-501
1944: U-23 , U-20

11 men died when those 3 U-boats were lost on this date. 37 men survived.

Survivors from U-boats almost always landed in allied captivity.

- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.

U-boat Men Lost or Wounded

There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 10 September.

- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Werner Gebauer (1922), Albrecht Markert (1919), Wilfried Reichmann (1905), Werner Schauer (1922).

The following men died on this day:
Hans-Heinz Linder (1944).

See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.

U-boat departures and arrivals on 10 September

This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.

1939

U-boats entering base:
To Kiel, Germany: U-17 (2 days)

1940

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-138

1941

Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-372
From Lorient, France: U-103

U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-563 (42 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-77 (40 days), U-206 (37 days), U-568 (39 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-260, U-382, U-619 (lost 26 days later)
From Narvik, Norway: U-457 (lost 7 days later)
From Skjomenfjord: U-408, U-592
From St. Nazaire, France: U-552

U-boats entering base:
To Lorient, France: U-108 (60 days), U-128 (9 days)
To Salamis, Greece: U-453 (11 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-609 (57 days)

1943

U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-600 (91 days)
To Konstanza, Rumania: U-9 (2 days)
To Salamis, Greece: U-596 (32 days)
To Trondheim, Norway: U-389 (2 days), U-841 (2 days)

1944

Sailed:
From La Pallice: U-382

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-1227 (4 days)
To Bogenbucht U-968 (13 days)
To Danzig, Germany: U-679 (55 days)

U-boats at sea on 10 September

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

General Events on 10 September

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