U-Boat Operations

U-204	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 37 084
Construction Yard	F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	633
Ordered	23rd Sep 1939
Keel laid	22nd Apr 1940
Launched	23rd Jan 1941
Commissioned	8th Mar 1941
Baubelehrung	Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel / Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.41 - 10.41	1.U-Flottille, Kiel & Brest Ausbildungsboot (under training) Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
03.41 - 10.41	KL Walter Kell see also: U-8 U-8

Operations information for U-204
24.05.1941 - 27.06.1941 First Sailing - active patrol U-204 left Kiel under the command of Walter Kell on 24th May 1941 and arrived at Brest on 27th Jun 1941 after nearly five weeks. Walter Kell hit two ships on this patrol. On 31st May 1941 he sank the Icelandic 16 ton Holmsteinn. On 10th Jun 1941 he sank the Belgian 7,886 ton Mercier.
22.07.1941 - 22.08.1941 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 22nd Jul 1941, U-204 left Brest under the command of Walter Kell and returned to Brest on 22nd Aug 1941 after four and a half weeks on patrol. Walter Kell hit one ship on this patrol from convoy OG-71. On 19th Aug 1941 he sank the Norwegian 1,060 ton HNoMS Bath, sailing with convoy OG-71.
20.09.1941 - 19.10.1941 Third Sailing - active patrol U-204 departed under Walter Kell from Brest on 20th Sep 1941. U-204 was lost on 19th Oct 1941. Walter Kell hit two ships on this patrol. On 14th Oct 1941 he sank the Spanish 300 ton Aingeru Guardakoa. On 19th Oct 1941 he sank the British 9,158 ton Inverlee.

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