3rd PATROL

Kapitanleutnant HEINRICH LEHMANN-WILLENBROCK

Departed: 1941.02.01, Lorient
Returned: 1941.03.01, St. Nazaire
Sailed: 5004 nautical miles

    DATE   SHIP   COUNTRY   COMBAT RECORD (tonage)   FATE
8   1941.02.13   HMS Clea   Great Britain   8 074   sunk
9   1941.02.13   HMS Arthur F. Corwin   Great Britain   10 516   sunk
10   1941.02.18   HMS Black Osprey   Great Britain   5 589   sunk
11   1941.02.22   HMS Scottish Standart   Great Britain   6 999   sunk
12   1941.02.24   HMS Huntingdon   Great Britain   10 946   sunk
13   1941.02.24   Svein Jarl   Norway   1 908   sunk
14   1941.02.24   HMS Sirikishna   Great Britain   5 458   sunk

PATROL NOTES:

Sinking of HMS Clea and HMS Arthur F. Corwin in attack against the convoy HX-106 (HMS Clea initialy hit by U-103)
Sinking of HMS Black Osprey in attack against the convoy HX-107
Sinking of HMS Scottish Standart in attack against convoy OB-287 9initialy damaged by the Condor Aircraft)
Sinking of HMS Huntingdon and HMS Sirikishna in attack against convoy OB-288. After that U-96 was attacked by depth charges during 12 hours, but managed to escape

Kapitanleutnant HEINRICH LEHMANN-WILLENBROCK was awarded Knight Cross for this patrol.

 

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