The next day she sailed out into the Atlantic on her first and only patrol and was sunk eight days later on 19 May with all hands, in position  southwest of Iceland, by depth charges dropped from a Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 Squadron RAF.
The following day she set sail into the Atlantic on her maiden voyage and was lost eight days later, on May 19th, in a location southwest of Iceland, after being struck by depth charges dropped from a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No. 269 Squadron RAF.