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27 November?

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Friedrich Markworth
(U-66)

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U-boat of the day

U-1163 - 4 patrols
1 ship sunk (433 tons)

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Patrol info for U-57

Departure		Arrival / Fate		Duration
15 Jul 1940	Bergen	20 Jul 1940	Bergen	6 days
22 Jul 1940	Bergen	7 Aug 1940	Lorient	17 days
				23 days

Sometimes patrols were split into several 'legs', for resupply and other matters.

Commander	Officers *
Oblt.Erich Topp	1WO Oblt.Kurt Reichenbach-Klinke

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-57

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We have 45 daily positions for the 23 days U-57 was at sea.

15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 15 Jul 1940 16 Jul 1940 17 Jul 1940 18 Jul 1940 19 Jul 1940 20 Jul 1940
Arrival at Bergen on20 Jul 1940 20 Jul 1940 20 Jul 1940 20 Jul 1940 20 Jul 1940 22 Jul 1940Departure from Bergen on22 Jul 1940
22 Jul 1940 22 Jul 1940 22 Jul 1940 22 Jul 1940 23 Jul 1940 24 Jul 1940 25 Jul 1940 26 Jul 1940 27 Jul 1940 28 Jul 1940 29 Jul 1940 30 Jul 1940 31 Jul 1940 1 Aug 1940 2 Aug 1940 3 Aug 1940 4 Aug 1940 5 Aug 1940 6 Aug 1940 7 Aug 1940 7 Aug 1940
Arrival at Lorient on7 Aug 1940

Ships hit by U-57 during this patrol

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy	Map
17 Jul 1940	U-57	Erich Topp	O.A. Brodin	1,960	sw		A
17 Jul 1940	U-57	Erich Topp	Manipur	8,652	br	HX-55A	B
3 Aug 1940	U-57	Erich Topp	Atos	2,161	sw		C
				12,773
3 ships sunk (12,773 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-57 during this patrol

15 Jul 1940
The British submarineHMS Tetrarch (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSC, RN) fired a spread of three torpedoes at U-57 off the entrance to Korsfjord near Bergen, Norway, none of which found their target.

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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