U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-552


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
7 Mar 1942St. Nazaire27 Apr 1942St. Nazaire52 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Erich Topp
ObStrm

Franz Säck
WO

Ltn. Werner Klug

Patrol description

The translated war diary of U-552 for this patrol is available on our partner website: uboatarchive.net


Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-552


We have daily positions for all 52 days on this patrol.

Ships hit by U-552 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
25 Mar 1942U-552Erich Topp Ocana6,256nlA
3 Apr 1942U-552Erich Topp David H. Atwater2,438amB
5 Apr 1942U-552Erich Topp Byron D. Benson7,953amC
7 Apr 1942U-552Erich Topp British Splendour7,138brD
7 Apr 1942U-552Erich Topp Lancing7,866nwE
9 Apr 1942U-552Erich Topp Atlas7,137amF
10 Apr 1942U-552Erich Topp Tamaulipas6,943amG
 45,731

7 ships sunk (45,731 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

General Events during this patrol

We have no events listed for this patrol.

Add more events! If you know of an interesting event either missing from this date or an upcoming event that you'd like to share please contact us. We continuously update these databases.

Attacks on U-552 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-552 duing this patrol.

If you believe we have omitted an attack on U-552 please let us know.


See all patrols for U-552


* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

Return to U-boat Patrols main page