U-Boat Operations

U-667	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 50 568
Construction Yard	Howaldtswerke AG, Hamburg
Yard Number	816
Ordered	15th Aug 1940
Keel laid	16th Aug 1941
Launched	29th Aug 1942
Commissioned	21st Oct 1942
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen / 8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
10.42 - 05.43	5.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
06.43 - 08.44	7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
10.42 - 05.44	OL Heinrich Andreas Schroeteler see also: U-1023
07.44 - 08.44	KL Karl-Heinz Lange

Operations information for U-667
20.05.1943 - 26.07.1943 First Sailing - active patrol U-667 left Kiel under the command of Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler on 20th May 1943 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 26th Jul 1943 after nine and a half weeks. On 26th May 1943 in square AF 49, U-667 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. The boat defended itself with flak without destroying the aircraft. At 1540 HRS on 29th May 1943 in square AE 91, U-667 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 190 Squadron. The boat defended itself with flak without destroying the aircraft.
14.09.1943 - 16.09.1943 Second Sailing On the 14th Sep 1943, U-667 left St. Nazaire under the command of Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler and returned to St. Nazaire on 16th Sep 1943 after two days.
18.09.1943 - 11.10.1943 Third Sailing - active patrol U-667 departed under Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler from St. Nazaire on 18th Sep 1943 and arrived back at St. Nazaire on 11th Oct 1943 after over three weeks on patrol.
18.11.1943 - 06.01.1944 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-667 left St. Nazaire under the command of Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler on 18th Nov 1943 and returned seven weeks later to St. Nazaire on 6th Jan 1944.
08.03.1944 - 19.05.1944 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 8th Mar 1944, U-667 left St. Nazaire under the command of Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler and arrived back at St. Nazaire over ten weeks later on 19th May 1944.
22.07.1944 - 25.08.1944 Sixth Sailing - active patrol U-667 departed under Karl-Heinz Lange from St. Nazaire on 22nd Jul 1944. On the 25th Aug 1944, U-667 was sunk. Karl-Heinz Lange hit four ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy: two were from convoy EBC-66 and two were from convoy EBC-72. On 8th Aug 1944 he sank the Canadian 925 ton HMCS Regina, sailing with convoy EBC-66. On 8th Aug 1944 he sank the American 7,176 ton Ezra Weston, a member of convoy EBC-66. On 14th Aug 1944 he sank the British 246 ton HMS LCI(L)-99, part of convoy EBC-72. On 14th Aug 1944 he fatally damaged the American 1,653 ton USS LST-921, from convoy EBC-72.

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