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Patrol info for U-202


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
27 May 1942Brest25 Jul 1942Brest60 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Hans-Heinz Linder
1WO

Oblt. Christian Reich
WO

Oblt. Wolfgang Hille

Patrol description

The translated war diary of U-202 for this patrol is available on our partner website: uboatarchive.net


Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-202


We have 59 daily positions for the 60 days U-202 was at sea.

Ships hit by U-202 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
22 Jun 1942U-202Hans-Heinz Linder Rio Tercero4,864arA
1 Jul 1942U-202Hans-Heinz Linder City of Birmingham5,861amB
 10,725

2 ships sunk (10,725 tons).

Legend
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General Events during this patrol

1942

12 Jun 1942. Saboteur landings in America
The boat left Brest, France on a very special patrol on 27 May 1942. On 12 June, after crossing the Atlantic submerged by day and surfaced by night, they landed a saboteur team of four men on Long Island, USA as part of Operation Pastorius. This was one of two such teams landed within a week of each other on the US east coast, the other came aboard U-584. This was intended to be the first of many such operations. The boat then returned safely to Brest on 25 July.

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Attacks on U-202 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-202 duing this patrol.

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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