U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-247


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
31 May 1944Bergen28 Jul 1944Brest59 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Gerhard Matschulat

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-247


We have daily positions for all 59 days on this patrol.

Ships hit by U-247 during this patrol

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
5 Jul 1944U-247Gerhard Matschulat Noreen Mary207brA
 207

1 ship sunk (207 tons).

General Events during this patrol

1944

5 Jul 1944. U-247 sank the British fishing boat Noreen Mary with gunfire (!) approx. 20 miles west of Cape Wrath, Scotland. This was a remarkable event for this stage of the war, when U-boats were continually harried by blanket allied air cover.

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Attacks on U-247 during this patrol

We have no recorded attacks on U-247 duing this patrol.

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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