U-Boat Operations

Operations information for U-371
05.06.1941 - 01.07.1941 First Sailing - active patrol U-371 left Kiel under the command of Heinrich Driver on 5th Jun 1941 and arrived at return on 1st Jul 1941 after more than three weeks. Heinrich Driver hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy HX-133. On 12th Jun 1941 he sank the British 6,373 ton Silverpalm. On 24th Jun 1941 he sank the Norwegian 4,765 ton Vigrid, sailing with convoy HX-133. You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com. Click the link for more information on Vigrid.
23.07.1941 - 19.08.1941 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 23rd Jul 1941, U-371 left Brest under the command of Heinrich Driver and after nearly four weeks arrived at return on 19th Aug 1941. Heinrich Driver hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy OS-1. On 30th Jul 1941 he sank the British 6,935 ton Shahristan, a member of convoy OS-1. On 30th Jul 1941 he sank the Dutch 7,049 ton Sitoebondo, part of convoy OS-1.
16.09.1941 - 24.10.1941 Third Sailing - active patrol U-371 departed under Heinrich Driver from Brest on 16th Sep 1941 and arrived at return on 24th Oct 1941 after five and a half weeks.
04.12.1941 - 10.01.1942 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-371 left Salamis under the command of Heinrich Driver on 4th Dec 1941 and after over five weeks arrived at return on 10th Jan 1942.
04.03.1942 - 25.03.1942 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 4th Mar 1942, U-371 left Salamis under the command of Heinrich Driver and arrived at return on 25th Mar 1942 after three weeks.
21.04.1942 - 09.05.1942 Sixth Sailing - active patrol U-371 departed under Heinz-Joachim Neumann from Salamis on 21st Apr 1942 and after two and a half weeks arrived at return on 9th May 1942.
01.07.1942 - 07.07.1942 Seventh Sailing U-371 left Salamis under the command of Waldemar Mehl on 1st Jul 1942 and arrived at return on 7th Jul 1942 after six days.
05.09.1942 - 18.09.1942 Eighth Sailing - active patrol On the 5th Sep 1942, U-371 left Pola under the command of Waldemar Mehl and after nearly two weeks arrived at return on 18th Sep 1942.
12.10.1942 - 16.10.1942 Ninth Sailing U-371 departed under Waldemar Mehl from Salamis on 12th Oct 1942 and arrived at return on 16th Oct 1942 after four days.
01.12.1942 - 04.12.1942 Tenth Sailing - active patrol U-371 left Pola under the command of Waldemar Mehl on 1st Dec 1942 and after three days arrived at return on 4th Dec 1942.
07.12.1942 - 10.01.1943 Eleventh Sailing - active patrol On the 7th Dec 1942, U-371 left Messina under the command of Waldemar Mehl and arrived at return on 10th Jan 1943 after nearly five weeks. Waldemar Mehl hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy MKS-5. On 7th Jan 1943 he sank the British 545 ton HMS Jura, from convoy MKS-5. On 7th Jan 1943 he damaged the British 7,159 ton Ville de Strasbourg, sailing with convoy MKS-5.
14.02.1943 - 03.03.1943 Twelfth Sailing - active patrol U-371 departed under Waldemar Mehl from La Spezia on 14th Feb 1943 and after two and a half weeks arrived at return on 3rd Mar 1943. On 21st Feb 1943 in square CH 65, U-371 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. U-371 was not damaged by the attack. Waldemar Mehl hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy TE-16. On 23rd Feb 1943 he sank the British 2,089 ton Fintra. On 28th Feb 1943 he damaged the American 7,176 ton Daniel Carroll, a member of convoy TE-16.
07.04.1943 - 11.05.1943 Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol U-371 left La Spezia under the command of Waldemar Mehl on 7th Apr 1943 and arrived at return on 11th May 1943 after nearly five weeks. Waldemar Mehl hit one ship on this patrol. On 27th Apr 1943 he sank the Dutch 1,162 ton Merope.
03.07.1943 - 12.07.1943 Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol On the 3rd Jul 1943, U-371 left Toulon under the command of Waldemar Mehl and after just over one week arrived at return on 12th Jul 1943. Waldemar Mehl hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy ET-22A. On 10th Jul 1943 he damaged the American 6,561 ton Gulfprince, part of convoy ET-22A. On 10th Jul 1943 he damaged the American 7,176 ton Matthew Maury, from convoy ET-22A.
22.07.1943 - 11.08.1943 Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol U-371 departed under Waldemar Mehl from Toulon on 22nd Jul 1943 and arrived at return on 11th Aug 1943 after nearly three weeks. Waldemar Mehl hit one ship on this patrol from convoy GTX-5. On 7th Aug 1943 he sank the British 6,004 ton Contractor, sailing with convoy GTX-5.
21.08.1943 - 03.09.1943 Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol U-371 left Toulon under the command of Waldemar Mehl on 21st Aug 1943 and after nearly two weeks arrived at return on 3rd Sep 1943.
07.10.1943 - 28.10.1943 Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol On the 7th Oct 1943, U-371 left Toulon under the command of Waldemar Mehl and arrived at return on 28th Oct 1943 after three weeks. Waldemar Mehl hit three ships on this patrol, one was from convoy GUS-18. On 11th Oct 1943 he sank the British 656 ton HMS Hythe. On 13th Oct 1943 he sank the American 1,630 ton USS Bristol. On 15th Oct 1943 he fatally damaged the American 7,176 ton James Russell Lowell, a member of convoy GUS-18.
15.11.1943 - 23.11.1943 Eighteenth Sailing - active patrol U-371 departed under Waldemar Mehl from Toulon on 15th Nov 1943 and after just over one week arrived at return on 23rd Nov 1943.
22.01.1944 - 13.02.1944 Nineteenth Sailing - active patrol U-371 left Toulon under the command of Waldemar Mehl on 22nd Jan 1944 and arrived at return on 13th Feb 1944 after just over three weeks.
04.03.1944 - 25.03.1944 Twentieth Sailing - active patrol On the 4th Mar 1944, U-371 left Toulon under the command of Waldemar Mehl and after three weeks arrived at return on 25th Mar 1944. Waldemar Mehl hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy SNF-17. On 17th Mar 1944 he fatally damaged the American 6,165 ton Maiden Creek, part of convoy SNF-17. On 17th Mar 1944 he sank the Dutch 17,024 ton Dempo, from convoy SNF-17.
23.04.1944 - 04.05.1944 Twentyfirst Sailing U-371 departed under Horst-Arno Fenski from Toulon on 23rd Apr 1944 and arrived at return on 4th May 1944 after one and a half weeks. Horst-Arno Fenski hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy GUS-38. On 3rd May 1944 he damaged the American 1,200 ton USS Menges, sailing with convoy GUS-38. On 4th May 1944 he damaged the French 1,300 ton Sénégalais, a member of convoy GUS-38.

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