U-boats on 23 and 24 October, but their attacks were repelled by the escorting ships. The submarine arrived in Brest on 7 November. U-301 did not sink any ship during this patrol. Second patrol U-301 sailed from Brest on 3 December 1942, then passed through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea and on to the U-boat base at La Spezia in northern Italy, arriving on 14 December. The patrol was also unsuccessful. Third patrol Transferred to the 29th U-boat Flotilla on 1 January 1943, U-301 sailed on her third and final patrol on 20 January. The next day at 8:48 in the morning, U-301 was sunk west of Bonifacio, Corsica, in position by torpedoes from the British submarine . According to Sahibs log the U-boat was first spotted proceeding on the surface early that morning at a distance of . Sahib then closed to and into a more favourable position before firing a full salvo of six torpedoes at five second intervals. Three minutes later three explosions were heard, a large cloud of smoke was seen and it was noted that radio transmissions stopped. Sahib closed and recovered the only survivor from the 46 crew, 19-year-old Wilhelm Rahn. See also Mediterranean U-boat Campaign (World War II) References Bibliography External links U-boat Archive: "U 301" Interrogation of Sole Survivor U-301 at ubootwaffe.net German Type VIIC submarines U-boats commissioned in 1942 U-boats sunk in 1943 World War II submarines of Germany World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea U-boats sunk by British submarines 1942 ships Ships built in Lübeck Maritime incidents in January 1943