Patrol info for U-331
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 12 Nov 1941 | Salamis | 3 Dec 1941 | Salamis | 22 days |
Commander | Officers * | |||
 Oblt. Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen |
1WO Oblt. Wilhelm Franken |
2WO Herbert Kühn |
WO Oblt. Heinz Koch |
WO Kptlt. Bernhard Zurmühlen |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-331
We have daily positions for all 22 days on this patrol.
Departure from Salamis on 12 Nov 1941.
13 Nov 1941 - 14 Nov 1941 - 15 Nov 1941 - 16 Nov 1941 - 17 Nov 1941 - 18 Nov 1941 - 19 Nov 1941 - 20 Nov 1941 - 21 Nov 1941 - 22 Nov 1941 - 23 Nov 1941 - 24 Nov 1941 - 25 Nov 1941 - 26 Nov 1941 - 27 Nov 1941 - 28 Nov 1941 - 29 Nov 1941 - 30 Nov 1941 - 1 Dec 1941 - 2 Dec 1941 -
Arrival at Salamis on 3 Dec 1941.
Ships hit by U-331 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 1941 | U-331 | Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen |  | HMS Barham (04) | 31,100 |  | br | A | |
| 31,100 | |||||||||
1 ship sunk (31,100 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1941
12 Nov 1941. U-331 left Salamis with eight commandos aboard bound for the front at Tobruk , Libya.
17 Nov 1941. On 17 November, at the start of her third patrol, U-331 landed eight commandos on the Egyptian coast east of Ras Gibeisa. Their mission was to blow up a railway line, in which they failed. U-331 went on to sink the British battleship HMS Barham on 25 Nov.
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Attacks on U-331 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-331 duing this patrol.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.