Patrol info for U-564
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 16 Sep 1941 | Brest | 1 Nov 1941 | Lorient | 47 days |
Commander | Officers * | |||
 Oblt. Reinhard Suhren |
1WO Oblt. Friedrich Mumm |
1WO Oblt. Clemens Schöler |
2WO Ltn. Hans-Ferdinand Geisler |
Cdr sea training Kptlt. Reinhard von Hymmen |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-564
We have daily positions for all 47 days on this patrol.
Departure from Brest on 16 Sep 1941.
17 Sep 1941 - 18 Sep 1941 - 19 Sep 1941 - 20 Sep 1941 - 21 Sep 1941 - 22 Sep 1941 - 23 Sep 1941 - 24 Sep 1941 - 25 Sep 1941 - 26 Sep 1941 - 27 Sep 1941 - 28 Sep 1941 - 29 Sep 1941 - 30 Sep 1941 - 1 Oct 1941 - 2 Oct 1941 - 3 Oct 1941 - 4 Oct 1941 - 5 Oct 1941 - 6 Oct 1941 - 7 Oct 1941 - 8 Oct 1941 - 9 Oct 1941 - 10 Oct 1941 - 11 Oct 1941 - 12 Oct 1941 - 13 Oct 1941 - 14 Oct 1941 - 15 Oct 1941 - 16 Oct 1941 - 17 Oct 1941 - 18 Oct 1941 - 19 Oct 1941 - 20 Oct 1941 - 21 Oct 1941 - 22 Oct 1941 - 23 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941 - 25 Oct 1941 - 26 Oct 1941 - 27 Oct 1941 - 28 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941 - 30 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941 -
Arrival at Lorient on 1 Nov 1941.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-564 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Breslau (2 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941)
Ships hit by U-564 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren |  | Carsbreck | 3,670 |  | br | HG-75 | A |
| 24 Oct 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | | Alhama | 1,352 | | br | HG-75 | B |
| 24 Oct 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | Ariosto | 2,176 | | br | HG-75 | C | |
| 7,198 | |||||||||
3 ships sunk (7,198 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1941
14 Oct 1941. At 22.30 hrs U-564 entered the Spanish harbour of Cadiz to transfer a medical case to the German tanker Thalia.
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Attacks on U-564 during this patrol
24 Oct 1941
After mounting successful attacks on convoy HG 75 on the morning of this day, U-564 was attacked twice in the evening: an unidentified aircraft dropped one bomb, then three hours later the boat was depth charged by an escort. No damage.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.