U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-625


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
7 Aug 1943Hammerfest20 Aug 1943Narvik14 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Hans Benker
1WO

Ltn. Siegfried Straub
1WO

Ltn. Kurt Sureth

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-625


We have 13 daily positions for the 14 days U-625 was at sea.

Departure from Hammerfest on 7 Aug 1943.
8 Aug 1943 - 9 Aug 1943 - 10 Aug 1943 - 11 Aug 1943 - 12 Aug 1943 - 13 Aug 1943 - 14 Aug 1943 - 15 Aug 1943 - 16 Aug 1943 - 17 Aug 1943 - 18 Aug 1943 - 19 Aug 1943 -
Arrival at Narvik on 20 Aug 1943.

Ships hit by U-625 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
25 Aug 1943U-625Hans Benker ASO-1 Shkval [Mine]572sjA
 572

1 ship sunk (572 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

General Events during this patrol

We have no events listed for this patrol.

Add more events! If you know of an interesting event either missing from this date or an upcoming event that you'd like to share please contact us. We continuously update these databases.

Attacks on U-625 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-625 duing this patrol.

If you believe we have omitted an attack on U-625 please let us know.

Mine-laying operations during this patrol

U-625 laid mines on the following dates during this patrol:

DateStartEndGridLocationMines
12 Aug 194322h4601h40AT 8826Yugor Strait24 TMB

See all patrols for U-625


* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

Return to U-boat Patrols main page