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Patrol info for U-99

Date lookup for 3 Nov 1940


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
30 Oct 1940Lorient8 Nov 1940Lorient10 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Otto Kretschmer
1WO

Oblt. Klaus Heinrich Bargsten
2WO

Oblt. Horst Elfe

U-99's position on 3 Nov 1940

Ships hit by U-99 on this date

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
3 Nov 1940U-99Otto Kretschmer Casanare5,376brA
3 Nov 1940U-99Otto Kretschmer HMS Laurentic (F 51)18,724brB
 24,100

2 ships sunk (24,100 tons).

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General Events during this patrol

1940

3 Nov 1940. At 2250hrs on 3 November, 1940, one of the most dramatic battles of the U-boat war began. U-99 attacked the armed merchant cruisers HMS Laurentic and HMS Patroclus. They were both sunk within seven hours, during which the U-boat fired ten torpedoes and four rounds from the deck gun, while the vessels returned fire without damaging the U-boat.

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Attacks on U-99 during this patrol

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