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| U-372 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 41 556 |
| Construction Yard | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 3 |
| Ordered | 23rd Sep 1939 |
| Keel laid | 17th Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 8th Mar 1941 |
| Commissioned | 19th Apr 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 04.41 - 12.41 | 1.U-Flottille, Kiel & Brest
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Frontboot (operational)
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| 01.42 - 08.42 | 29.U-Flottille, La Spezia
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 04.41 - 04.42 | KL Hans-Joachim Neumann
see also: U-371 |
| 05.42 - 04.08.42 | KL Hans-Joachim Neumann
see also: U-371 |
| Operations information for U-372 | 17.06.1941 - 18.06.1941
First Sailing - active patrol
U-372 left Kiel under the command of Heinz-Joachim Neumann on 17th Jun 1941 and arrived at Horten on 18th Jun 1941 after one day.
| 22.06.1941 - 25.06.1941
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 22nd Jun 1941, U-372 left Horten under the command of Heinz-Joachim Neumann and after three days arrived at Trondheim on 25th Jun 1941.
| 09.07.1941 - 31.08.1941
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-372 departed under Heinz-Joachim Neumann from Trondheim on 9th Jul 1941 and arrived at Brest on 31st Aug 1941 after seven and a half weeks.
Heinz-Joachim Neumann hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy SL-81.-
On 5th Aug 1941 he sank the British 3,136 ton Belgravian, sailing with convoy SL-81.
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On 5th Aug 1941 he sank the British 5,205 ton Swiftpool, a member of convoy SL-81.
| 10.09.1941 - 13.10.1941
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-372 left Brest under the command of Heinz-Joachim Neumann on 10th Sep 1941 and returned more than four weeks later to Brest on 13th Oct 1941.
Heinz-Joachim Neumann hit one ship on this patrol from convoy SC-42.-
On 19th Sep 1941 he sank the British 3,410 ton Baron Pentland, part of convoy SC-42.
You can find more about convoy SC-42 at the warsailors.com page on convoy SC-42.
| 13.11.1941 - 16.12.1941
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 13th Nov 1941, U-372 left Brest under the command of Heinz-Joachim Neumann and arrived at La Spezia on 16th Dec 1941 after more than four weeks.
| 17.01.1942 - 31.01.1942
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-372 departed under Heinz-Joachim Neumann from La Spezia on 17th Jan 1942 and returned to La Spezia on 31st Jan 1942 after two weeks on patrol.
| 15.06.1942 - 12.07.1942
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-372 left La Spezia under the command of Heinz-Joachim Neumann on 15th Jun 1942 and arrived at Salamis on 12th Jul 1942 after nearly four weeks.
Heinz-Joachim Neumann hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 30th Jun 1942 he sank the British 14,650 ton HMS Medway.
| 27.07.1942 - 04.08.1942
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 27th Jul 1942, U-372 left Salamis under the command of Heinz-Joachim Neumann. On the 4th Aug 1942, U-372 was sunk.
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