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Patrol info for U-20

Date lookup for 20 Sep 1939


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
1 Sep 1939Wilhelmshaven20 Sep 1939Kiel20 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Moehle

Patrol description

Ordered to observe the shipping in the North Sea, but recalled on 29 August.

Second part of the first war patrol in the North Sea. The boat operated between Shetland and Bergen, Norway. Nothing sighted.


U-20's position on 20 Sep 1939

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