1st PATROL
Kapitanleutnant HEINRICH LEHMANN-WILLENBROCK
Departed: 1940.12.05, Kiel
Returned: 1940.12.28, Lorient
Sailed: 4780 nautical miles
| DATE | SHIP | COUNTRY | COMBAT RECORD (tonage) | FATE | ||||||
| 1 | 1940.12.11 | HMS Rotorua | Great Britain | 10 890 | sunk | |||||
| 2 | 1940.12.11 | HMS Towa | Great Britain | 5 419 | sunk | |||||
| 3 | 1940.12.11 | Stureholm | Sweden | 4 575 | sunk | |||||
| 4 | 1940.12.12 | Macedonier | Belgium | 5 227 | sunk | |||||
| 5 | 1940.12.14 | HMS Western Prince | Great Britain | 10 926 | sunk | |||||
| 1940.12.14 | HMS Empire Razorbill | Great Britain | 5 118 | damage | ||||||
| 1940.12.18 | Pendrecht | Denmark | 10 746 | damage |
PATROL NOTES:
Sinkings 1-4 in action versus convoy HX-92
HMS Empire Razorbill was attacked with 8,8 cm and 3,7 cm guns
1940.12.16 U-96 fired one torpedo against a British Rodney-Class
battleship after which she was attacked by 6 destroyers with a
lot of depth charges
Kapitanleutnant HEINRICH LEHMANN-WILLENBROCK was awarded Iron Cross 1st Class for this patrol.
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