Patrol info for U-505
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 25 Dec 1943 | Lorient | 2 Jan 1944 | Lorient | 9 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. (R) Harald Lange |
1WO Oblt. Paul Meyer |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-505
We have 7 daily positions for the 9 days U-505 was at sea.
Departure from Lorient on 25 Dec 1943.
26 Dec 1943 - 27 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943 - 29 Dec 1943 - 30 Dec 1943 - 31 Dec 1943 - 1 Jan 1944 -
Arrival at Lorient on 2 Jan 1944.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-505 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Hela (28 Dec 1943 - 1 Jan 1944)
Ships hit by U-505 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
1943
29 Dec 1943. The boat saved the commander and 33 survivors from the German torpedo boat T-25 (KKpt von Gartzen), sunk the day before by British cruisers in the Bay of Biscay.
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Attacks on U-505 during this patrol
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.