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U-Boat Operations

Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards — Fernando Almeida
Ships, General — Werner Freitag
Ship Details — David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant — Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks — Howard Cock

U-102	Type VIIB
Feldpost Number	M 13 990
Construction Yard	F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	596
Ordered	15th Dec 1937
Keel laid	22nd May 1939
Launched	21st Mar 1940
Commissioned	27th Apr 1940
Baubelehrung	Marinelehrwerkstatt, Kiel / Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.40 - 07.40	7.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training) Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
04.40 - 07.40	KL Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt see also: U-4 U-20

Operations information for U-102

22.06.1940 - 01.07.1940
First Sailing
U-102 left Kiel under the command of Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt on 22nd Jun 1940 and arrived at return on 1st Jul 1940 after just over one week.
Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy SL-36.

On 28th Jun 1940 he sank the British 211 ton Castleton.
On 1st Jul 1940 he sank the British 5,219 ton Clearton, sailing with convoy SL-36.

Notes for U-102

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