Patrol info for U-129
Date lookup for 3 Oct 1941
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
27 Sep 1941 | Lorient | 8 Oct 1941 | Lorient | 12 days |
Commander | Officers * | |||
Kptlt. Asmus Nicolai Clausen |
1WO Oblt. Werner Pietzsch |
1WO Oblt. Siegfried Lüdden |
WO Helmut Metz |
WO Hans-Werner Offermann |
U-129's position on 3 Oct 1941
Ships hit by U-129 on this date
General Events during this patrol
1941
3 Oct 1941. U-129 was accompanying the German support ship Kota Pinang when the latter was sunk by the British cruiser HMS Kenya. The U-boat took 119 (!) survivors aboard and handed them over to Spanish custody three days later.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.