 For the ninth patrol, "U-96" left St. Nazaire on 23 April 1942 and returned 73 days later, on 1 July without attacking anything.On the tenth patrol, the boat damaged "F. J. Wolfe" on 10 September 1942 (although this ship was able to keep up with her convoy).U-96 also sank "Sveve" on the same day, as well as "Elisabeth van Belgie".