Days on sea: 463
In nine war patrols (without the period from 14. - 26.2.42):
Days on sea: 459
thereof dived: 1.739,53 hours (72,5 days; 15%)
max. depth: 230m
Distance over all: 66.462,6 nm (triply around the world)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 354 nm at 30.11.1941
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 57 nm at 06.08.1942
max. distance: 10.173 nm at the 5.war patrol
max. diving time: 1.230 min. (20,5 h) at 12.10.1943
Enemy seen: 117
thereof without contact: 92
thereof with contact: 18
thereof air planes: 30
thereof subs: 1 (US-R I)
depth charges/aircraft bombs: 188
Enemy radar detection : 30
own U-Boats seen: 20
Seen vessels/convoys: 40
thereof neutral vessels: 11 (no neutral vessel attack)
Torpedo shots: 45
thereof hits 19
miss 26 (thereof misfire 10)
four war patrols without torpedo shots
six war patrols with torpedo shots
two patrols without attack with depth charges
1. war patrol
Days on sea: 32
distance travelled over all 5.059,5 nm
distance travelled over water 4.776,70 nm (94,4%)
distance travelled under water 282,8 nm (5,6%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 292 nm am 08.10.1941
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 36,3 nm am 12.09.1941
diving: 7.029 minutes; 117,15 hours; 4,88 days (15,3%)
2. war patrol
Days on sea: 39
distance travelled over all 5.814,0 nm
distance travelled over water 5.508,80 nm (94,8%)
distance travelled under water305,2 nm (5,2%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 354 nm at 30.11.1941
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 37 nm at 10.12.1941
diving: 6.841 minutes; 114,02 hours; 4,75 days (12,2%)
3. war patrol
Days on sea: 44
distance travelled over all 5.986,0 nm
distance travelled over water 5.750,00 nm (96,1%)
distance travelled under water 236,0 nm (3,9%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 210 nm at 27.01.1942
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 24 nm at 16.01.1942
diving: 3.369 minutes; 56,15 hours; 2,34 days (5,3%)
4. war patrol
Days on sea: 53
distance travelled over all 7.129,5 nm
distance travelled over water 6.912,00 nm (97,0%)
distance travelled under water 217,5 nm (3,0%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 268 nm at 28.03.1942
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 37,5 nm at 26.03.1942
diving: 5.622 minutes; 93,7 hours; 3,90days (7,4%)
5. war patrol
Days on sea: 59
distance travelled over all 10.173,0 nm
distance travelled over water 9.732,30 nm (95,7%)
distance travelled under water 440,7 nm (4,3%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water:286,1 nm at 14.06.1942
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water:57 nm at 06.08.1942
diving: 9.866 minutes; 164,4 hours; 6,85 days (11,6%)
6. war patrol
Days on sea: 54
distance travelled over all 7.363,4 nm
distance travelled over water 6.903,10 nm (93,8%)
distance travelled under water 460,3 nm (6,2%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 300 nm at 04.10.1942
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 53 nm at 23.09.1942
diving: 7.587 minutes; 126,5 hours; 5,27 days (9,8%)
7. war patrol
Days on sea: 67
distance travelled over all 10.132,3 nm
distance travelled over water 9.692,70 nm (95,7%)
distance travelled under water 439,6 nm (4,3%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 294,8 nm at 09.01.1943
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 40,7 nm at 20.12.1942
diving: 10.449 minutes; 174,2 hours; 7,26 days (10,8%)
8. war patrol
Days on sea: 51
distance travelled over all 8.028,7 nm
distance travelled over water 7.164,90 nm (89,2%)
distance travelled under water 863,8 nm (10,8%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 307 nm at 14.05.1943
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 53,3 nm at 26.04.1943
diving: 17.217 minutes; 287,0 hours; 11,96 days (23,4%)
9. war patrol
Days on sea: 70
distance travelled over all 6.776,2 nm
distance travelled over water 5.432,80 nm (80,2%)
distance travelled under water 1.343,4 nm (19,8%)
max. distance travelled in 24 hours over water: 263,1 nm at 16.11.1943
max. distance travelled in 24 hours under water: 54 nm at 09.10.1943
diving: 36.392 minutes; 606,5 hours; 25,27 days (36,1%)