the Germans, telling them the master had been killed in the attack. U-380 returned to port on 7 October 1942. Her next patrol, which lasted only 15 days, was still successful. On 11 November 1942, U-380 torpedoed and sank the 11,069 GRT Dutch passenger liner Nieuw Zeeland. The ship had recently participated in the North African landings of Operation Torch and was returning from that operation. 15 of the 256 souls aboard perished; the remainder were picked up by convoy escorts and later landed at Gibraltar. Two uneventful patrols followed. It was not until 15 March 1943, while on her fifth patrol, that the U-boat had her next success. The British Liberty Ship Ocean Seaman, traveling with convoy ET-14, was torpedoed and badly damaged. Dead in the water, the stricken vessel was taken in tow and beached the next day near Algiers. She was declared a total loss. On 10 May 1943, U-380 rescued five German soldiers who were escaping from Tunisia in a small boat. She landed them at La Spezia on 16 May. A further two uneventful Mediterranean sorties followed. The veteran submarine departed on her eighth patrol on 11 August 1943, again prowling the Mediterranean for enemy shipping. Success arrived on 23 August when the 7,191 GRT American Liberty Ship Pierre Soulé was struck in the rudder by a single torpedo from U-380. The resulting explosion bodily lifted the ship out of the water. Although her rudder was destroyed and the engines and propeller shaft badly damaged, the stricken merchantman was taken in tow by the to Bizerte. She was repaired in dry dock at Taranto and returned to service. Despite undertaking three further patrols, U-380 had no further successes during her career. Loss On 11 March 1944, while in the harbor at Toulon, U-380 along with were sunk by US bombs during an air raid. One man of the crew, Maschinenmaat Jonny Christoph, was killed aboard U-380. Wolfpacks U-380 took part in four wolfpacks, namely: Stier (29 August – 2 September 1942) Vorwärts (2 – 25 September 1942) Delphin (5 – 12 November 1942) Wal (12 – 15 November 1942) Summary of raiding history References Bibliography External links World War II submarines of Germany 1941 ships Ships built in Kiel U-boats sunk in 1944 U-boats sunk by US aircraft World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea German Type VIIC submarines U-boats commissioned in 1941 Maritime