U-Boat Operations

U-167	Type IXC/40
Feldpost Number	M 05 459
Construction Yard	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (Seebeckwerft), Wesermünde-Geestemünde
Yard Number	706
Ordered	15th Aug 1940
Keel laid	12th Mar 1941
Launched	5th Mar 1942
Commissioned	4th Jul 1942
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen / 6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.42 - 12.42	4.U-Flottille, Stettin Ausbildungsboot (under training)
12.42 - 04.43	10.U-Flottille, Lorient Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
07.42 - 02.43	KL Kurt Neubert see also: U-46
01.43 - 01.43	LT Günter Zahnow see also: U-747
02.43 - 05.43	KK Kurt Sturm see also: U-410 U-547

Operations information for U-167
01.12.1942 - 08.12.1942 First Sailing U-167 left Kiel under the command of Kurt Neubert on 1st Dec 1942 and arrived at Bergen on 8th Dec 1942 after one week.
21.12.1942 - 16.01.1943 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 21st Dec 1942, U-167 left Bergen under the command of Kurt Neubert and after more than three weeks arrived at St. Nazaire on 16th Jan 1943.
27.02.1943 - 06.04.1943 Third Sailing - active patrol U-167 departed under Kurt Sturm from St. Nazaire on 27th Feb 1943. On the 6th Apr 1943, U-167 was sunk. At 0927 HRS on 5th Apr 1943 U-167 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 233 Squadron. U-167 was moderately damaged by the attack. The boat defended itself with flak without destroying the aircraft. At 1656 HRS on 5th Apr 1943 U-167 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 233 Squadron. U-167 was heavily damaged in the attack. On 6th Apr 1943 U-167 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. Kurt Sturm hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy RS-3 and one was from convoy UGS-6. On 17th Mar 1943 he damaged the American 7,200 ton Molly Pitcher, sailing with convoy UGS-6. On 28th Mar 1943 he sank the Belgian 4,621 ton Moanda, a member of convoy RS-3.

Notes for U-167

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MOLLY PITCHER

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