| Operations information for U-24 |
25.08.1939 - 31.08.1939
First Sailing - active patrol
U-24 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Udo Behrens on 25th Aug 1939 for operations in the North Sea and arrived back at Wilhelmshaven six days later on 31st Aug 1939.
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02.09.1939 - 05.09.1939
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 2nd Sep 1939, U-24 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Udo Behrens for operations in the North Sea and after three days arrived at Kiel on 5th Sep 1939.
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13.09.1939 - 29.09.1939
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-24 departed under Udo Behrens from Kiel on 13th Sep 1939 for operations off Moray Firth and arrived back at Kiel on 29th Sep 1939 after over two weeks on patrol.
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12.10.1939 - 14.10.1939
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 left Kiel under the command of Udo Behrens on 12th Oct 1939 and after two days arrived at Wilhelmshaven on 14th Oct 1939.
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23.10.1939 - 30.10.1939
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 23rd Oct 1939, U-24 left Kiel under the command of Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff for operations off the NE coast of England and arrived back at Kiel one week later on 30th Oct 1939.
U-24 laid mines on this patrol. These mines were hit by 1 ship.
The 961 ton British Carmarthen Coast was sunk by a mine on 9th Nov 1939.U-24 had laid 9 mines E of Farne Island on 27th October.
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06.01.1940 - 12.01.1940
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 departed under Udo Heilmann from Kiel on 6th Jan 1940 for operations in the North Sea and returned to Kiel on 12th Jan 1940 after six days on patrol.
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27.01.1940 - 09.02.1940
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-24 left Kiel under the command of Udo Heilmann on 27th Jan 1940 for operations around the Orkneys and arrived at Wilhelmshaven on 9th Feb 1940 after nearly two weeks.
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14.03.1940 - 20.03.1940
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 14th Mar 1940, U-24 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Udo Heilmann for operations in the North Sea and returned six days later to Wilhelmshaven on 20th Mar 1940.
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13.04.1940 - 07.05.1940
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 departed under Udo Heilmann from Wilhelmshaven on 13th Apr 1940 for operations in the North Sea and arrived at Kiel on 7th May 1940 after three and a half weeks.
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27.10.1942 - 09.11.1942
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 left Konstanza under the command of Klaus Petersen on 27th Oct 1942 and returned to Konstanza on 9th Nov 1942 after nearly two weeks on patrol.
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24.11.1942 - 16.12.1942
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 24th Nov 1942, U-24 left Konstanza under the command of Clemens Schöler and arrived back at Konstanza on 16th Dec 1942 after just over three weeks on patrol.
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18.01.1943 - 18.02.1943
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 departed under Clemens Schöler from Konstanza on 18th Jan 1943 and returned four and a half weeks later to Konstanza on 18th Feb 1943.
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14.03.1943 - 03.04.1943
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 left Konstanza under the command of Clemens Schöler on 14th Mar 1943 and arrived at Feodosia on 3rd Apr 1943 after nearly three weeks.
On 28th Mar 1943 in square CL 94, U-24 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. U-24 was not damaged by the attack.
Clemens Schöler hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 31st Mar 1943 he damaged the Soviet 7,661 ton KremlŽ.
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10.04.1943 - 15.04.1943
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 10th Apr 1943, U-24 left Feodosia under the command of Clemens Schöler and after five days arrived at Konstanza on 15th Apr 1943.
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05.06.1943 - 29.06.1943
Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 departed under Klaus Petersen from Konstanza on 5th Jun 1943 and arrived back at Konstanza on 29th Jun 1943 after three and a half weeks on patrol.
On 8th Jun 1943 in square CL 65, U-24 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft.
On 13th Jun 1943 in square CL 93, U-24 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft.
Klaus Petersen hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 15th Jun 1943 he sank the Soviet 441 ton BTShCh-411 Zashchitnik.
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26.07.1943 - 25.08.1943
Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 left Konstanza under the command of Klaus Petersen on 26th Jul 1943 and returned over four weeks later to Konstanza on 25th Aug 1943.
Klaus Petersen hit three ships on this patrol.-
On 30th Jul 1943 he sank the Soviet 7,886 ton Emba.
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On 22nd Aug 1943 he sank the Soviet 9 ton DB-36.
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On 22nd Aug 1943 he sank the Soviet 9 ton DB-37.
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20.10.1943 - 04.11.1943
Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 20th Oct 1943, U-24 left Sevastopol under the command of Klaus Petersen and arrived at Konstanza on 4th Nov 1943 after just over two weeks.
Klaus Petersen hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 31st Oct 1943 he sank the Soviet 56 ton SKA-088.
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15.01.1944 - 10.02.1944
Eighteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 departed under Klaus Petersen from Konstanza on 15th Jan 1944 and returned to Konstanza on 10th Feb 1944 after more than three weeks on patrol.
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04.03.1944 - 02.04.1944
Nineteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-24 left Konstanza under the command of Klaus Petersen on 4th Mar 1944 and arrived back at Konstanza on 2nd Apr 1944 after just over four weeks on patrol.On 27th May U-24 engaged 2 Soviet patrol boats. During the battle 1 crewman was killed and 2 others injured.
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02.05.1944 - 30.05.1944
Twentieth Sailing - active patrol
On the 2nd May 1944, U-24 left Konstanza under the command of Martin Landt-Hayen and returned four weeks later to Konstanza on 30th May 1944.
Martin Landt-Hayen hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 12th May 1944 he sank the Soviet 56 ton SKA-0376.
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13.07.1944 - 04.08.1944
Twentyfirst Sailing - active patrol
U-24 departed under Dieter Lenzmann from Konstanza on 13th Jul 1944 and arrived back at Konstanza just over three weeks later on 4th Aug 1944.
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