 For her first patrol from Lorient and her seventh overall , U @-@ 38 would again be under the command of Heinrich Liebe . She departed on 25 September , for the Northwest Approaches . She would attack five ships on this patrol , sinking four of them . On 1 October , the British motor freighter MV Highland Patriot was torpedoed . After two weeks of no victories , U @-@ 38 was successful against the Greek steam freighter SS <unk> on 17 October , sailing as part of Convoy SC 7 , from Sydney , Nova Scotia to England . The following day , the British steam freighter SS <unk> was damaged , but not sunk , while traveling with the SC @-@ 7 convoy from Sydney to Grimsby , England . On 19 October , two ships were hit , both sailing as part of the HX 79 convoy : the Dutch SS <unk> and the British steam freighter SS Matheran . Following these victories , U @-@ 38 returned to Lorient on 24 October 1940 . 
