View Single Post
Old 09-24-11, 02:11 PM   #3490
VONHARRIS
Konteradmiral
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Greece
Posts: 1,992
Downloads: 300
Uploads: 0
Default U-73 VIIB

New career
U-73 VIIB
Patrol No 1 : Shakedown and crew evaluation complete

Patrol No 2
Orders: Patrol grid BF16.
Secondary: If weather does not permit operations procced to grid AM52

31 August 1939
03:09 hours Departed from Wilhelmshaven

21 September 1939
Grid AM52
20:57 hours SS Garoufalia (Granville-type Freighter), 4709 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 16

27 September 1939
Grid AM52 - Convoy attack
05:08 hours HMS Liverpool (Southampton class), 10725 tons. Crew: 961. Crew lost: 192

10:06 hours SS Zarian (Granville-type Freighter), 4750 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 74. Crew lost: 39

28 September 1939
Grid AM52
02:33 hours SS Iddesleigh (Medium Merchant 06), 5175 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 60

30 September 1939
Grid AM52
11:53 hours SS Inger Toft (Small Freighter), 2073 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 5

06 October 1939
Grid AM52 - Convoy attack
12:28 hours H. Gibbons (Ammunition Ship), 5529 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 101. Crew lost: 90
14:49 hours Q Ship HMS Maunder (Medium merchant Q) , 4044 tons. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 60

11 October 1939
15:10 hours Docked at port

42 days at sea
7 ships sunk
37005 tons sunk
No casualties
U-boat damaged (H.I. 98.13%)
VONHARRIS is offline   Reply With Quote