Patrol info for U-167
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 27 Feb 1943 | Lorient | 6 Apr 1943 | Lost | 39 days |
Commander | Officers * |
KrvKpt. Kurt Sturm |
1WO Ltn. Günter Zahnow |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-167
We have daily positions for all 39 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 27 Feb 1943.
28 Feb 1943 - 1 Mar 1943 - 2 Mar 1943 - 3 Mar 1943 - 4 Mar 1943 - 5 Mar 1943 - 6 Mar 1943 - 7 Mar 1943 - 8 Mar 1943 - 9 Mar 1943 - 10 Mar 1943 - 11 Mar 1943 - 12 Mar 1943 - 13 Mar 1943 - 14 Mar 1943 - 15 Mar 1943 - 16 Mar 1943 - 17 Mar 1943 - 18 Mar 1943 - 19 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943 - 21 Mar 1943 - 22 Mar 1943 - 23 Mar 1943 - 24 Mar 1943 - 25 Mar 1943 - 26 Mar 1943 - 27 Mar 1943 - 28 Mar 1943 - 29 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943 - 31 Mar 1943 - 1 Apr 1943 - 2 Apr 1943 - 3 Apr 1943 - 4 Apr 1943 - 5 Apr 1943 -
Sunk on 6 Apr 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-167 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Unverzagt (12 Mar 1943 - 19 Mar 1943)
Seeräuber (25 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Ships hit by U-167 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 1943 | U-167 | Kurt Sturm |  | Molly Pitcher (d.) | 7,200 |  | am | UGS-6 | A |
| 28 Mar 1943 | U-167 | Kurt Sturm | | Lagosian | 5,449 |  | br | RS-3 | B |
| 12,649 | |||||||||
1 ship sunk (5,449 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,200 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1943
6 Apr 1943. Air attacks by two British Hudson aircraft on 5 April 1943 left U-167 with severe damage and the 1WO, Lt. Zahnow, injured. Her commander, FregKapt. Sturm, decided to scuttle the boat in the bay of Las Burras, Gran Canaria. Local fishermen helped bring the crew ashore, where they were temporarily held on the German merchant ship Corrientes, which had been interned in the Canaries for several years. Amazing escape
A few days later the entire crew of 52 were taken aboard U-455, a Type VIIC boat (a VIIC crew typically numbered 48, so overcrowding must have been severe), for their return to service in France. Once at sea most of the U-167 men were transferred to U-154, U-159 and U-518, arriving in Lorient and St. Nazaire in late April. On 16 June 1943 Fregkpt. Sturm and his original crew from U-167 took command of the newly-commissioned U-547, beginning their first patrol in active service again on 1 January 1944.
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-167 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-167 duing this patrol (prior to its loss).
If you believe we have omitted an attack on U-167 please let us know.
See all patrols for U-167
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.