7th PATROL

Kapitanleutnant HEINRICH LEHMANN-WILLENBROCK

Departed: 1941.10.26, St. Nazaire
Returned: 1941.12.07, St. Nazaire
Sailed: 6436 nautical miles

    DATE   SHIP   COUNTRY   COMBAT RECORD (tonage)   FATE
20   1941.10.31   Bennekom   The Netherlands   5 998   sunk

PATROL NOTES:

On the night of November, 30 - December, 1 during the attempt to pass Straits of Gibraltar U96 was detected by the radars by Squadron 812 Sworfish. U96 was on the surface when boat was detected. During the attack U96 were lightly damaged but managed to return to base in France.

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