U-Boat Operations

Operations information for U-601
04.07.1942 - 10.07.1942 First Sailing U-601 left Kiel under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 4th Jul 1942 and arrived at Narvik on 10th Jul 1942 after six days.
14.07.1942 - 03.08.1942 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 14th Jul 1942, U-601 left Narvik under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and after nearly three weeks arrived at Kirkenes on 3rd Aug 1942. Peter-Ottmar Grau hit one ship on this patrol. On 1st Aug 1942 he sank the Soviet 2,513 ton Krest´janin.
09.08.1942 - 20.09.1942 Third Sailing - active patrol U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Kirkenes on 9th Aug 1942 and arrived at Neidenfjord on 20th Sep 1942 after six weeks. Peter-Ottmar Grau hit one ship on this patrol. On 24th Aug 1942 he sank the Soviet 2,332 ton Kujbyshew.
22.09.1942 - 24.09.1942 Fourth Sailing U-601 left Neidenfjord under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 22nd Sep 1942 and after two days arrived at Bergen on 24th Sep 1942.
31.10.1942 - 03.11.1942 Fifth Sailing On the 31st Oct 1942, U-601 left Bergen under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and arrived at Narvik on 3rd Nov 1942 after three days.
05.11.1942 - 07.12.1942 Sixth Sailing - active patrol U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Narvik on 5th Nov 1942 and after four and a half weeks arrived at Harstad on 7th Dec 1942. Peter-Ottmar Grau hit one ship on this patrol from convoy QP-15. On 23rd Nov 1942 he sank the Soviet 3,974 ton Kusnec Lesov, sailing with convoy QP-15.
08.12.1942 - 08.12.1942 Seventh Sailing U-601 left Harstad under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 8th Dec 1942 and arrived at Narvik on the same day.
15.12.1942 - 24.12.1942 Eighth Sailing On the 15th Dec 1942, U-601 left Narvik under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and after just over one week arrived at Kiel on 24th Dec 1942.
03.04.1943 - 05.04.1943 Ninth Sailing U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Kiel on 3rd Apr 1943 and arrived at Kristiansand on 5th Apr 1943 after two days.
06.04.1943 - 07.04.1943 Tenth Sailing U-601 left Kristiansand under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 6th Apr 1943 and after one day arrived at Bergen on 7th Apr 1943.
15.04.1943 - 14.05.1943 Eleventh Sailing - active patrol On the 15th Apr 1943, U-601 left Bergen under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and arrived back at Bergen on 14th May 1943 after just over four weeks on patrol.
15.05.1943 - 15.05.1943 Twelfth Sailing U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Harstad on 15th May 1943 and arrived at Narvik on the same day.
07.07.1943 - 10.07.1943 Thirteenth Sailing U-601 left Narvik under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 7th Jul 1943 and arrived back at Narvik three days later on 10th Jul 1943.
14.07.1943 - 25.07.1943 Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol On the 14th Jul 1943, U-601 left Narvik under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and after one and a half weeks arrived at Hammerfest on 25th Jul 1943.
26.07.1943 - 27.07.1943 Fifteenth Sailing U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Hammerfest on 26th Jul 1943 and arrived at Tromsö on 27th Jul 1943 after one day.
29.07.1943 - 29.07.1943 Sixteenth Sailing U-601 left Tromsö under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 29th Jul 1943 and arrived at Hammerfest on the same day.
30.07.1943 - 28.08.1943 Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol On the 30th Jul 1943, U-601 left Hammerfest under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and arrived at Narvik on 28th Aug 1943 after just over four weeks.
13.09.1943 - 14.09.1943 Eighteenth Sailing U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Narvik on 13th Sep 1943 and after one day arrived at Tromsö on 14th Sep 1943.
15.09.1943 - 16.09.1943 Nineteenth Sailing U-601 left Tromsö under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 15th Sep 1943 and arrived at Hammerfest on 16th Sep 1943 after one day.
16.09.1943 - 07.10.1943 Twentieth Sailing - active patrol On the 16th Sep 1943, U-601 left Hammerfest under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and returned three weeks later to Hammerfest on 7th Oct 1943.
08.10.1943 - 08.10.1943 Twentyfirst Sailing U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Hammerfest on 8th Oct 1943 and arrived at Tromsö on the same day.
09.10.1943 - 09.10.1943 Twentysecond Sailing U-601 left Tromsö under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 9th Oct 1943 and arrived at Harstad on the same day.
10.10.1943 - 10.10.1943 Twentythird Sailing On the 10th Oct 1943, U-601 left Harstad under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau and arrived at Skjomenfjord on the same day.
12.10.1943 - 14.10.1943 Twentyfourth Sailing U-601 departed under Peter-Ottmar Grau from Skjomenfjord on 12th Oct 1943 and after two days arrived at Trondheim on 14th Oct 1943.
17.10.1943 - 19.10.1943 Twentyfifth Sailing U-601 left Trondheim under the command of Peter-Ottmar Grau on 17th Oct 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 19th Oct 1943 after two days.
10.12.1943 - 12.12.1943 Twentysixth Sailing On the 10th Dec 1943, U-601 left Bergen under the command of Otto Hansen and after two days arrived at Trondheim on 12th Dec 1943.
18.12.1943 - 07.01.1944 Twentyseventh Sailing - active patrol U-601 departed under Otto Hansen from Trondheim on 18th Dec 1943 and arrived at Skjomenfjord on 7th Jan 1944 after nearly three weeks.
10.01.1944 - 02.02.1944 Twentyeighth Sailing - active patrol U-601 left Skjomenfjord under the command of Otto Hansen on 10th Jan 1944 and after over three weeks arrived at Hammerfest on 2nd Feb 1944.During this patrol, KL Otto Hansen attacked HMS Venus, but missed. Many thanks to Arthur Gaved who writes: I was a Submarine Detector aboard H.M.S. Venus. On the morning of the 30th January 1944 I went up on deck to get some air. I was quite alone and far aft on the starboard side and gazing at the convoy when to my amazement a periscope surfaced at a distance (I judged) of only 200ft. I immediately rushed to the nearest telephone to contact the Bridge and reported a periscope at Green 160. As my action station was the Captain's Messenger I ran to the Bridge. The loudspeaker from the Asdic cabinet had been turned on and I could hear a good echo, yes, really good! I was quite astounded that a submarine would put up its periscope so near the tail end of a destroyer. Later I thought how poor the operators of our Asdic were as they had allowed this vessel inside the screen and had no knowledge of its proximity. It was sheer chance that I had been at that position on deck when this happened. We pursued this submarine for not less than 4 hours. She went very deep and we eventually stopped to listen. Then our Asdics woke up as the noise of a torpedo was heading in our direction. The Captain - much respected by the sailors of the lower deck - gave an order I was never to hear again. From stopped to "Full ahead both" ! Our stokers must have been well aware of what was happening as the whole ship was shuddering as the revolutions were piled on. Then followed a report from the stern that a torpedo had been seen tracking nearby. This incident was recorded as a probable sunk. Thank you Arthur for sharing your recollections.
04.02.1944 - 05.02.1944 Twentyninth Sailing On the 4th Feb 1944, U-601 left Hammerfest under the command of Otto Hansen and arrived at Narvik on 5th Feb 1944 after one day.
17.02.1944 - 25.02.1944 Thirtieth Sailing - active patrol U-601 departed under Otto Hansen from Narvik on 17th Feb 1944. The boat was declared missing after 25th Feb 1944.

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