U-Boat Operations

U-104	Type IXB
Feldpost Number	M 07 189
Construction Yard	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen
Yard Number	967
Ordered	24th May 1938
Keel laid	10th Nov 1939
Launched	25th May 1940
Commissioned	19th Aug 1940
Baubelehrung	Marinelehrwerkstatt, Wilhelmshaven / Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
08.40 - 11.40	2.U-Flottille, Wilhelmshaven Ausbildungsboot (under training) Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
08.40 - 11.40	KL Harald Jürst see also: U-59

Operations information for U-104

12.11.1940 - 28.11.1940
First Sailing - active patrol
U-104 left Kiel under the command of Harald Jürst on 12th Nov 1940. U-104 was lost on 28th Nov 1940.
Harald Jürst hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy HX-87 and one was from convoy HX-88.

On 27th Nov 1940 he sank the British 8,240 ton Diplomat, sailing with convoy HX-88.
On 27th Nov 1940 he damaged the British 10,516 ton Charles F Meyer, a member of convoy HX-87.

Notes for U-104

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2 relevant ships here:

DIPLOMAT

CHARLES F.MEYER

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