U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-228


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
18 Sep 1943Lorient19 Sep 1943Brest2 days
27 Sep 1943Brest29 Sep 1943Brest3 days
11 Oct 1943Brest12 Oct 1943Brest2 days
23 Oct 1943Brest20 Dec 1943Bordeaux59 days
66 days
Sometimes patrols were split into several 'legs', for resupply and other matters.

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Erwin Christophersen

Patrol description

On 4 Sep, 1943, U-228 was ready to sail for a war patrol in the North Atlantic, but her sailing was suspended until the new Wanze radar detector was available due to the recent U-boat losses in the Bay of Biscay. The boat was then transferred to Brest to take four of the new Gnat torpedoes aboard, but the sailing was then further delayed because the radar detector did not work satisfactorily.

On 27 September, U-228 eventually sailed together with U-413 escorted by five minesweepers but both U-boats had to return to port after carrying out a deep dive trial. Some valves of U-228 leaked and the listening gear was unable to pick up the noises of the nearby escort ships. This boat and its sister U-229 were the first U-boat equipped with a listening gear that used magnetostriction receivers and the technicians of the shipyard had troubles discovering the cause of the problem. On 9 October, the gear worked during trials in the roads and U-228 sailed for patrol two days later, but again the listening gear didn’t work during the deep dive trial and forced her to return to port yet again. It was discovered that the new receivers became deaf after diving deeper than 100 meters. This was fixed and U-228 finally left for her third patrol on 23 October.


Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-228


We have daily positions for all 66 days on this patrol.

Wolfpack operations during this patrol

U-228 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
   Schill (1 Nov 1943 - 16 Nov 1943)
   Schill 1 (16 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)
   Weddigen (22 Nov 1943 - 7 Dec 1943)

Ships hit by U-228 during this patrol

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-228 during this patrol

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