U-Boat Operations

U-170	Type IXC/40
Feldpost Number	M 49 255
Construction Yard	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (Seebeckwerft), Wesermünde-Geestemünde
Yard Number	709
Ordered	15th Aug 1940
Keel laid	21st May 1941
Launched	6th Jun 1942
Commissioned	19th Jan 1943
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen / 6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.43 - 05.43	4.U-Flottille, Stettin Ausbildungsboot (under training)
05.43 - 10.44	10.U-Flottille, Lorient Frontboot (operational)
10.44 - 05.45	33.U-Flottille, Flensburg Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
01.43 - 07.44	KL Günther Pfeffer see also: U-67 U-171 U-548
06.44 - 05.45	OL Hans-Gerold Hauber

Operations information for U-170
27.05.1943 - 09.07.1943 First Sailing - active patrol U-170 left Kiel under the command of Günther Pfeffer on 27th May 1943 and arrived at Lorient on 9th Jul 1943 after just over six weeks.
29.08.1943 - 23.12.1943 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 29th Aug 1943, U-170 left Lorient under the command of Günther Pfeffer and returned to Lorient on 23rd Dec 1943 after sixteen and a half weeks on patrol. Günther Pfeffer hit one ship on this patrol. On 23rd Oct 1943 he sank the Brazilian 4,663 ton Campos.
09.02.1944 - 27.05.1944 Third Sailing - active patrol U-170 departed under Günther Pfeffer from Lorient on 9th Feb 1944 and arrived back at Lorient on 27th May 1944 after fifteen and a half weeks on patrol.
01.08.1944 - 04.12.1944 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-170 left Lorient under the command of Hans-Gerold Hauber on 1st Aug 1944 and after nearly eighteen weeks arrived at Flensburg on 4th Dec 1944.

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