Unterseeboot 41 (1939)

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U-41
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	IX
Fieldpost number	M 11 423
Shipyard	AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	946
Ordered	November 21, 1936
Laid down	November 27, 1937
Launched	January 28, 1939
Commissioned	April 22, 1939
Career
Patrols	3
Flotillas	2. Unterseebootsflottille 6. Unterseebootsflottille
Commanders	Gustav-Adolf Mugler
Successes
5 ships sunk for a total of 22.815 GRT2 ships sunk for a total of 2.073 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 8.096 GRT
Fate
Sunk February 5, 1940 south of Ireland. 490 dead.

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.

1 1st Patrol
2 2nd Patrol
3 3rd Patrol
4 Fate
5 External links

[edit] 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. It arrived back in port on September 17, 1939.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.