German submarine U-41 (1939)

German submarine U-41 (1939)

Unterseeboot 41 (U-41) was a German IX U-boat of the Kriegsmarine.

Her keel was laid down November 27, 1937, by AG Weser of Bremen. She was commissioned April 22, 1939 with Kapitänleutnant Gustav-Adolf Mugler in command.

"U-41" conducted three patrols, two as part of the 6. Unterseebootsflottille and one part of the 2. Unterseebootsflottille.

1st Patrol

"U-41" left the port of Wilhelmshaven on August 19, 1939. During this patrol, two ships were sunk. The Finnish "Vega", 1,073 tons, and "Suomen Poika", 1,099 tons. She arrived back in port on September 17, 1939.

2nd Patrol

"U-41" once again left the port of Wilhelmshaven, again with Mugler in command, on November 7, 1939. On November 12 both the 275 ton British "Cresswell" and 11,019 ton Norwegian "Arne Kjøde" were sunk. On November 19 the 1,351 ton British "Darino" was sunk. Finally, on November 21 the 296 ton French "Les Barges II" was sunk. The U-boat returned to port on December 7, 1939.

3rd Patrol

"U-41" left the port of Helgoland on January 27, 1940 with yet again Mugler in command. During this last patrol, one ship was sunk and one damaged, both on February 5. The 8,096 ton Dutch "Ceronia" was damaged and the 9,874 ton British "Beaverburn" was sunk. "U-41" never returned to port, being sunk on this same day.

Fate

On February 5, 1940, "U-41" was sunk by depth charges from HMS "Antelope" south of Ireland. All 49 crew members were lost with the ship.

ee also

*List of shipwrecks in 1940

External links

* [http://www.uboat.net/boats/u41.htm uboat.net webpage for "U-41"]
* [http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=41 ubootwaffe.net webpage about "U-41"]
* [http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0041.html u-boot-archiv.de webpage for "U-41"]

"See Also: List of U-boats"


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