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U-51
2 U-Flotilla Saltzwedel
KptltzS Kurt Dennert, Commander
Patrol 9
September 19, 1940, 20:33
Departed: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid DJ18
October 1, 1940, 18:00
Grid AM 73
Ship sunk: Q Ship HMS Prunella (Small Freighter), 1593 tons
Crew/lost: 72/67
October 4, 1940, 13:02
Grid BE 39
Ship sunk: HMS Queen Elizabeth, 28000 tons
October 4, 1940, 13:14
Grid BE 39
Ship sunk: MV British Merit (Medium Tanker), 9756 tons
Cargo: Aviation Fuel
Crew/lost: 39/28
October 4, 1940, 20:05
Grid BE 39
Ship sunk: SS Port Hunter (Ore Carrier), 6364 tons
Cargo: Coal
Crew/lost: 82/9
October 5, 1940, 01:59
Grid BE 39
Ship sunk: SS Menin Ridge (Tramp Steamer), 1825 tons
Cargo: Trucks
Crew/lost: 20/13
November 8, 1940, 06:26
Grid BE 48
Ship sunk: SS Port Caroline (Ore Carrier), 6983 tons
Cargo: IronOre
Crew/lost: 81/22
November 15, 1940, 14:33
Returned: Lorient
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 6
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 54521 tons
Awards: Kapitänleutnant Kurt Dennert, Knight’s Cross With Oak Leaves And Swords; Oberleutnant (Ing.) Hans Woiwode, Knight’s Cross; Oberfähnrich z. See Peter Hollbach, Bootsmann Arend Zinke, Bootsmann Gerhard Lehmann, Bootsmann Jorg Eppen, Bootsmann Axel Wittenberg, Matrosengefreiter Paul Hansen, and Matrosengefreiter Carl Ganzer, Iron Cross 2nd Class; Oberleutnant z. See Hermann Schneider, Leutnant z. See Johannes Hutterer, Oberfähnrich Ulrich Kaeding, and 34 others, Iron Cross 1st Class
Promotions: Oberfähnrich Ulrich Kaeding, to Leutnant (Ing.); Stabsbootsmann Helmut Bergheim, to Stabsoberbootsmann; Stabsbootsmann Fritz Hamann, to Stabsoberbootsmann; Stabsbootsmann Günter Möller, to Stabsoberbootsmann; Bootsmann Georg Gustke, to Stabsbootsmann; Matrosenobergefreiter Erwin Paschek, to Matrosenhauptgefreiter; Matrosenobergefreiter Hermann Schrutek, to Matrosenhauptgefreiter; Matrosengefreiter Gerhard Wunner, to Matrosenobergefreiter; Matrosengefreiter Ernst Friedrich, to Matrosenobergefreiter
Other Notes: newly promoted Stabsoberbootsmann Günter Möller has been transferred to a position with 22 Flotilla in Neustadt; Matrosenhauptgefreiter Hans Ludwig will be leaving U-51 for additional technical training in expectation of promotion to Unteroffizier; joining us on our next patrol will be Stabsbootsmann Josif Bonitz and Matrosengefreiter karl-Heinz Wrocklage
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