 Upon arrival the commander of "U-96" was presented with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, he had been awarded two days before.The Wehrmachtbericht had announced on 25 February, that Lehmann had sunk 55,600 tons on his last patrol, and a total of 125,580 tons of Allied shipping since taking command of "U-96".On 12 April 1941 "U-96" set to sea again for her fourth war patrol.