U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-190

Date lookup for 23 Oct 1943


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
7 Oct 1943Brest15 Jan 1944Lorient101 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Max Wintermeyer
3WO

Karl Frahm

U-190's position on 23 Oct 1943

Ships hit by U-190 on this date

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Attacks on U-190 during this patrol

23 Oct 1943
While escorting convoy GUS 18 the American destroyer USS Turner (DD-648) engaged a surfaced U-boat ahead of the convoy with gunfire and dropped depth charges as it dived. U-190 escaped almost unharmed. (Sources: http://www.ussturner.org/history648.php)

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Men lost from U-boats

18 Oct 1943
A lookout suffered a broken arm in a storm off Vigo, Spain.

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