1 Aug 1941
Romania
Romania
1 Sep 1944
Romania
Romania
- U-23 fired three torpedoes into the harbor of Constanţa, Romania and reported three detonations at about 0333 hours. Two of them of them damaged berthing facilities, while another struck and sank the already-damaged Romanian merchant ship Oituz. U-23 departed at about 0400 hours and laid one EMS mine in the roads near Tuzla lighthouse about 10 kilometers to the south. ww2dbase [U-23 | Constanţa | CPC]
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