Patrol info for U-123
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Days | ||
| 23 Dec 1941 | Lorient | 9 Feb 1942 | Lorient | 49 days |
Commander | Officers * | ||
 Kptlt. Reinhard Hardegen |
1WO Oblt. Rudolf Hoffmann |
2WO Ltn. Horst von Schroeter |
Boatswain Walter Kaeding |
U-123's daily positions during the patrol
We have daily positions for all 49 days on this patrol.
Ships hit by U-123 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen |  | Cyclops | 9,076 |  | br | |
| 14 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | | Norness | 9,577 |  | pa | |
| 15 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | | Coimbra | 6,768 | | br | |
| 19 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | | Ciltvaira | 3,779 |  | le | |
| 19 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | | City of Atlanta | 5,269 |  | am | |
| 19 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | | Malay (d.) | 8,206 | | am | |
| 19 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | | Norvana | 2,677 | | am | |
| 25 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | Culebra | 3,044 | | br | ON-53 | |
| 27 Jan 1942 | U-123 | Reinhard Hardegen | Pan Norway | 9,231 |  | nw | ON-56 | |
| 57,627 | ||||||||
8 ships sunk (49,421 tons) and 1 ship damaged (8,206 tons). Legend | ||||||||
Locations of ships hit during this patrol
We have 7 positions of the 9 ships attacked.
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-123 during this patrol
16 Jan 1942
At 00.01 hours, the boat was surprised and attacked by an aircraft off New York. Four bombs were dropped that missed and U-123 escaped undamaged by crash-diving. (Sources: KTB U-123)
19 Jan 1942
Kosmos II tried to ram the surfaced U-123 off Oregon Inlet. The U-boat was in shallow water, without any torpedoes left and one of the diesel engines out of order. The Germans managed to get the engine running when the ship was only 75 metres away and slowly out-distanced her at full speed.
About this data
If you believe we have missed an attack on a German U-boat in this listing please let us know.
See all patrols for U-123
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.
Return to U-boat Patrols main page