U-Boat Operations

Operations information for U-432
30.07.1941 - 31.07.1941 First Sailing U-432 left Kiel under the command of Heinz-Otto Schultze on 30th Jul 1941 and arrived at return on 31st Jul 1941 after one day.
09.08.1941 - 12.08.1941 Second Sailing On the 9th Aug 1941, U-432 left Horten under the command of Heinz-Otto Schultze and after three days arrived at return on 12th Aug 1941.
25.08.1941 - 19.09.1941 Third Sailing - active patrol U-432 departed under Heinz-Otto Schultze from Trondheim on 25th Aug 1941 and arrived at return on 19th Sep 1941 after three and a half weeks. Heinz-Otto Schultze hit four ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy, all of them from convoy SC-42. On 10th Sep 1941 he sank the Norwegian 1,113 ton Stargard, sailing with convoy SC-42. On 10th Sep 1941 he sank the Dutch 3,205 ton Winterswijk, a member of convoy SC-42. On 10th Sep 1941 he sank the British 5,225 ton Muneric, part of convoy SC-42. On 11th Sep 1941 he sank the Swedish 1,231 ton Garm, from convoy SC-42. You can find more about convoy SC-42 at the warsailors.com page on convoy SC-42. You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com. Click the link for more information on Stargard.
11.10.1941 - 02.11.1941 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-432 left Brest under the command of Heinz-Otto Schultze on 11th Oct 1941 and after just over three weeks arrived at return on 2nd Nov 1941. Heinz-Otto Schultze hit three ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy: One was from convoy HG-75 and two were from convoy SC-48. On 17th Oct 1941 he sank the Greek 5,283 ton Evros, sailing with convoy SC-48. On 17th Oct 1941 he sank the Norwegian 9,739 ton Barfonn, a member of convoy SC-48. On 28th Oct 1941 he sank the British 1,574 ton Ulea, part of convoy HG-75. You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com. Click the link for more information on Barfonn.
10.12.1941 - 23.12.1941 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 10th Dec 1941, U-432 left St. Nazaire under the command of Heinz-Otto Schultze and arrived at return on 23rd Dec 1941 after nearly two weeks.
21.01.1942 - 16.03.1942 Sixth Sailing - active patrol U-432 departed under Heinz-Otto Schultze from La Pallice on 21st Jan 1942 and after more than seven weeks arrived at return on 16th Mar 1942. Heinz-Otto Schultze hit five ships on this patrol. On 15th Feb 1942 he sank the Brazilian 5,152 ton Buarque. On 18th Feb 1942 he sank the Brazilian 4,053 ton Olinda. On 19th Feb 1942 he sank the British 2,158 ton Miraflores. On 21st Feb 1942 he sank the American 5,529 ton Azalea City. On 27th Feb 1942 he sank the American 8,215 ton Marore.
30.04.1942 - 02.07.1942 Seventh Sailing - active patrol U-432 left La Pallice under the command of Heinz-Otto Schultze on 30th Apr 1942 and arrived at return on 2nd Jul 1942 after nine weeks. Heinz-Otto Schultze hit seven ships on this patrol, two of these ships were in convoy, both of them were from convoy BX-23A. On 17th May 1942 he sank the American 324 ton Foam. On 23rd May 1942 he sank the British 4,455 ton Zurichmoor. On 31st May 1942 he sank the Canadian 1,188 ton Liverpool Packet. On 3rd Jun 1942 he sank the American 41 ton Aeolus. On 3rd Jun 1942 he sank the American 102 ton Ben and Josephine. On 9th Jun 1942 he damaged the Norwegian 7,073 ton Kronprinsen, from convoy BX-23A. On 9th Jun 1942 he damaged the British 8,593 ton Malayan Prince, sailing with convoy BX-23A. You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com. Click the link for more information on Kronprinsen.
15.08.1942 - 04.10.1942 Eighth Sailing - active patrol On the 15th Aug 1942, U-432 left La Pallice under the command of Heinz-Otto Schultze and after just over seven weeks arrived at return on 4th Oct 1942. Heinz-Otto Schultze hit one ship on this patrol from convoy SC-100. On 24th Sep 1942 he sank the American 5,868 ton Pennmar, a member of convoy SC-100.
30.11.1942 - 05.01.1943 Ninth Sailing - active patrol U-432 departed under Heinz-Otto Schultze from La Pallice on 30th Nov 1942 and arrived at return on 5th Jan 1943 after just over five weeks. Heinz-Otto Schultze hit one ship on this patrol. On 17th Dec 1942 he sank the French 210 ton Poitou.
14.02.1943 - 11.03.1943 Tenth Sailing - active patrol U-432 left La Pallice under the command of Hermann Eckhardt on 14th Feb 1943 and after three and a half weeks arrived at return on 11th Mar 1943. Hermann Eckhardt hit one ship on this patrol from convoy HX-228. On 11th Mar 1943 he sank the British 1,340 ton HMS Harvester, part of convoy HX-228.

Notes for U-432

On the morning of 11th March 1943, U-432 came upon HMS Harvester, stopped due to damage sustained when ramming U-444. KL Eckhardt torpedoed Harvester then remained at periscope depth to celebrate. Earlier Harvester had summoned the Free French corvette Aconit to screen her. U-432 failed to detect the Aconit which got a good ASDIC contact on the boat and D/C'd it. The surprised boat went into a violent dive to about 1,000 feet before surfacing to attempt to outrun their attacker. Aconit saw U-432 and used her guns on it, killing several crew on the bridge including Eckhardt. Aconit closed U-432 with the intention of boarding and capturing the boat, but accidentally rammed the boat which quickly sank. 26 crew were killed, 20 were captured and made POW.
The Admiralty Report on interrogation of the survivors of U-432 is available. You can find how to obtain a report here.

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