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Patrol info for U-31

Date lookup for 27 Oct 1939


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
21 Oct 1939Wilhelmshaven31 Oct 1939Wilhelmshaven11 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Johannes Habekost
1WO

Oblt. Heinz-Otto Schultze

U-31's position on 27 Oct 1939

Ships hit by U-31 on this date

General Events during this patrol

1939

27 Oct 1939. U-31 laid an unusually successful field of 18 mines in Loch Ewe, Scotland, later responsible for two ships sunk and one damaged.

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Attacks on U-31 during this patrol

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Mine-laying operations during this patrol

U-31 laid mines on the following dates during this patrol:

DateStartEndGridLocationMines
27 Oct 193918h5519h25AM 3853Loch Ewe18 TMB

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