Patrol info for U-223
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Days | ||
| 15 Apr 1943 | St. Nazaire | 24 May 1943 | St. Nazaire | 40 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Oblt. Karl-Jürg Wächter |
1WO Oblt. Wolfgang Reisener |
2WO Ltn. Rudolf Meinlschmidt |
U-223's daily positions during the patrol
We have daily positions for all 40 days on this patrol.
Ships hit by U-223 during this patrol
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No ships hit by U-223 on this patrol.
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-223 during this patrol
11 May 1943
The British destroyer HMS Hesperus depth charged the U-223 to the surface and then rammed her on 11 May. 2 men were lost overboard, U-359 rescued one of them and transferred him back to U-223 on 14 May as she had managed to escape the destroyer. U-223 (unable to dive) returned to port on 24 May but did not sail again until 14 Sept while being repaired. [Matrosengefreiter Heinz Hoog]
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