Patrol info for U-843
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 19 Feb 1944 | Lorient | 11 Jun 1944 | Batavia | 114 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Oskar Herwartz |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-843
We have 99 daily positions for the 114 days U-843 was at sea.
Departure from Lorient on 19 Feb 1944.
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Arrival at Batavia on 11 Jun 1944.
Ships hit by U-843 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 1944 | U-843 | Oskar Herwartz |  | Nebraska | 8,261 |  | br | OS-71 | A |
| 8,261 | |||||||||
1 ship sunk (8,261 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-843 during this patrol
10 Apr 1944
An attack by an American B-24 bomber from Squadron VB 107 (pilot Edward W. Krug) damaged the stern torpedo tubes. The boat abandoned planned operations off Cape Town and continued to the Indian Ocean, arriving at Jakarta on 11 June. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 537)
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.