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Re: SM U 52
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: November 15, 2016 04:14AM

Lio,

What constitutes a patrol? I honestly don't know that there's a simple answer to that when it comes to these sorts of short trips out to sea with a U-boat either acting as a guard vessel against British warships or effectively acting as submersible scout and torpedo boat in support of the High Seas Fleet.

In this case, U 52 was sighting off the German coast as a picket vessel for a couple of days before going back to port and venturing a bit further out into the North Sea. I'd have to check to sea exactly how far out, but a lot of those early North Sea "patrols" weren't very ambitious.

Best wishes,
Michael

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