U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-20

Date lookup for 21 Jan 1940


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
21 Jan 1940Wilhelmshaven21 Jan 1940Helgoland1 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
1WO

Oblt. Johann Jebsen
StObStrm WO

Karl Fleige

Patrol description

Patrol in the North Sea. The boat had been in a shipyard in Wilhelmshaven but a few hours after its departure they got problems with the diesel engines and had to go to Helgoland for repairs.

Patrol in the North Sea off the east coast of Scotland. The returning boat had to wait in Helgoland due to ice blocking the harbour of Wilhelmshaven.

The boat was returning from a patrol in the North Sea.


U-20's position on 21 Jan 1940

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