| Operations information for U-565 |
19.06.1941 - 23.06.1941
First Sailing
U-565 left Kiel under the command of Johann Jebsen on 19th Jun 1941 and arrived at Trondheim on 23rd Jun 1941 after four days.
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08.07.1941 - 06.08.1941
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 8th Jul 1941, U-565 left Trondheim under the command of Johann Jebsen and after just over four weeks arrived at Brest on 6th Aug 1941.
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01.09.1941 - 07.10.1941
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-565 departed under Johann Jebsen from Brest on 1st Sep 1941 and arrived at Lorient on 7th Oct 1941 after just over five weeks.
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03.11.1941 - 25.12.1941
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 left Lorient under the command of Johann Jebsen on 3rd Nov 1941 and after seven and a half weeks arrived at La Spezia on 25th Dec 1941.
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21.01.1942 - 17.03.1942
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 21st Jan 1942, U-565 left La Spezia under the command of Johann Jebsen and arrived back at La Spezia nearly eight weeks later on 17th Mar 1942.
Johann Jebsen hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 11th Mar 1942 he sank the British 5,450 ton HMS Naiad.
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11.04.1942 - 30.04.1942
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 departed under Wilhelm Franken from La Spezia on 11th Apr 1942 and after more than two weeks arrived at Salamis on 30th Apr 1942.
Wilhelm Franken hit one ship on this patrol from convoy TA-36.-
On 23rd Apr 1942 he sank the British 1,361 ton Kirkland, sailing with convoy TA-36.
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07.05.1942 - 10.06.1942
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-565 left Salamis under the command of Wilhelm Franken on 7th May 1942 and arrived at La Spezia on 10th Jun 1942 after nearly five weeks.
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09.07.1942 - 04.08.1942
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 9th Jul 1942, U-565 left La Spezia under the command of Wilhelm Franken and after more than three weeks arrived at Salamis on 4th Aug 1942.
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16.08.1942 - 25.08.1942
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 departed under Wilhelm Franken from Salamis on 16th Aug 1942 and arrived at La Spezia on 25th Aug 1942 after just over one week.
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31.08.1942 - 04.09.1942
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 left La Spezia under the command of Wilhelm Franken on 31st Aug 1942 and returned to La Spezia on 4th Sep 1942 after four days on patrol.
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25.10.1942 - 13.11.1942
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 25th Oct 1942, U-565 left La Spezia under the command of Wilhelm Franken and arrived back at La Spezia on 13th Nov 1942 after more than two weeks on patrol.
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23.11.1942 - 01.01.1943
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 departed under Wilhelm Franken from La Spezia on 23rd Nov 1942 and returned five and a half weeks later to La Spezia on 1st Jan 1943.
Wilhelm Franken hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy KMF-5.-
On 18th Dec 1942 he sank the British 1,540 ton HMS Partridge.
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On 22nd Dec 1942 he damaged the British 16,297 ton Cameronia, a member of convoy KMF-5.
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14.02.1943 - 05.03.1943
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 left La Spezia under the command of Wilhelm Franken on 14th Feb 1943 and arrived back at La Spezia more than two weeks later on 5th Mar 1943.
On 16th Feb 1943 in square CH 91, U-565 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. U-565 was only slightly damaged in the attack.
Wilhelm Franken hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy TE-16.-
On 24th Feb 1943 he damaged the American 7,176 ton Nathanael Greene.
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On 27th Feb 1943 he damaged the British 10,389 ton Seminole, part of convoy TE-16.
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08.04.1943 - 12.05.1943
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 8th Apr 1943, U-565 left La Spezia under the command of Wilhelm Franken and returned to La Spezia on 12th May 1943 after nearly five weeks on patrol.
Wilhelm Franken hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy UGS-7.-
On 20th Apr 1943 he sank the French 4,392 ton Sidi-Bel-Abbés, from convoy UGS-7.
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On 20th Apr 1943 he sank the American 5,594 ton Michigan, sailing with convoy UGS-7.
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17.06.1943 - 23.07.1943
Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 departed under Wilhelm Franken from La Spezia on 17th Jun 1943 and arrived at Toulon on 23rd Jul 1943 after just over five weeks.
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07.09.1943 - 01.10.1943
Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 left Toulon under the command of Wilhelm Franken on 7th Sep 1943 and returned three and a half weeks later to Toulon on 1st Oct 1943.
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23.10.1943 - 04.11.1943
Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 23rd Oct 1943, U-565 left Toulon under the command of Fritz Henning and arrived at Salamis on 4th Nov 1943 after more than one week.
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06.11.1943 - 23.11.1943
Eighteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 departed under Fritz Henning from Salamis on 6th Nov 1943 and returned to Salamis on 23rd Nov 1943 after two and a half weeks on patrol.
Fritz Henning hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 15th Nov 1943 he sank the British 715 ton HMS Simoom.
Simoom was a Submarine claimed sunk by U-565 off Kos island in the Aegian. Other sources insist that Simoom was lost to a mine.
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12.12.1943 - 27.12.1943
Nineteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-565 left Salamis under the command of Fritz Henning on 12th Dec 1943 and arrived back at Salamis on 27th Dec 1943 after just over two weeks on patrol.
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15.02.1944 - 07.03.1944
Twentieth Sailing - active patrol
On the 15th Feb 1944, U-565 left Salamis under the command of Fritz Henning and returned three weeks later to Salamis on 7th Mar 1944.
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01.04.1944 - 02.05.1944
Twentyfirst Sailing - active patrol
U-565 departed under Fritz Henning from Salamis on 1st Apr 1944 and arrived back at Salamis four and a half weeks later on 2nd May 1944.
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26.08.1944 - 13.09.1944
Twentysecond Sailing - active patrol
U-565 left Salamis under the command of Fritz Henning on 26th Aug 1944 and returned to Salamis on 13th Sep 1944 after two and a half weeks on patrol.
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