Klemens Schamong

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)


Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 6,537 GRT

Born  15 Apr 1917 Cologne


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937 Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937 Seekadett
1 May 1938 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939 Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1944 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-468 12 Aug 1942 11 Aug 1943   3 patrols (132 days) 

Patrol info for Klemens Schamong

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-468 28 Jan 1943  Kiel  30 Jan 1943  Kristiansand   3 days
2. U-468 1 Feb 1943  Kristiansand  27 Mar 1943  La Pallice  Patrol 1,55 days
3. U-468 19 Apr 1943  La Pallice  29 May 1943  La Pallice  Patrol 2,41 days
4. U-468 7 Jul 1943  La Pallice  11 Aug 1943  Sunk  Patrol 3,36 days
3 patrols, 132 days at sea

Ships hit by Klemens Schamong

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
12 Mar 1943U-468 Empire Light6,537brON-168
 6,537

1 ship sunk (6,537 tons).


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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