Herbert Schauenburg

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 31)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	29 May 1912		Delmenhorst
Died	15 Jan 1942	(29)	Mediterranean

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Ranks

1 Apr 1931		Offiziersanwärter
14 Oct 1931		Seekadett
1 Jan 1933		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1935		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1935		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Kapitänleutnant
1 Jan 1942		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-20	6 Jan 1941	19 May 1941	No war patrols
U-577	3 Jul 1941	15 Jan 1942 (+)	3 patrols (59 days)

Patrol info for Herbert Schauenburg

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-577	20 Oct 1941	Kiel	26 Nov 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	38 days
2.	U-577	16 Dec 1941	St. Nazaire	27 Dec 1941	Messina	Patrol 2,	12 days
3.	U-577	7 Jan 1942	Messina	15 Jan 1942	Sunk	Patrol 3,	9 days
3 patrols, 59 days at sea

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.