Patrol info for U-52
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
8 Jun 1940 | Kiel | 21 Jul 1940 | Lorient | 44 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
Kptlt. Otto Salman |
1WO Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Radke |
2WO Ltn. Helmut Hennig |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-52
We have 43 daily positions for the 44 days U-52 was at sea.
Departure from Kiel on 8 Jun 1940.
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Arrival at Lorient on 21 Jul 1940.
Ships hit by U-52 during this patrol
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
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19 Jun 1940 | U-52 | Otto Salman | The Monarch | 824 | br | A | |||
19 Jun 1940 | U-52 | Otto Salman | Ville de Namur | 7,463 | be | B | |||
21 Jun 1940 | U-52 | Otto Salman | Hilda | 1,144 | fi | C | |||
14 Jul 1940 | U-52 | Otto Salman | Thetis A. | 4,111 | gr | D | |||
13,542 | |||||||||
4 ships sunk (13,542 tons). Legend |
General Events during this patrol
1940
1 Jul 1940. U-52 refuelled from the German supply ship Bessel at Vigo, Spain.
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Attacks on U-52 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-52 duing this patrol.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.