The Men - U-boat Commanders

Clemens Schöler

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,661 GRT

Born  30 May 1915 Selm, Westphalia
Died  7 Nov 1992(77)

Ranks

3 Apr 1936 Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936 Seekadett
1 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1943 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-20 7 May 1942 26 Aug 1942   No war patrols 
U-24 18 Nov 1942 15 Apr 1943   3 patrols (82 days) 
U-20 27 May 1943 31 Oct 1943   3 patrols (62 days) 

Crew of 1936

Clemens Schöler was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.

Patrol info for Clemens Schöler

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-24 24 Nov 1942  Konstanza  16 Dec 1942  Konstanza  Patrol 1,23 days
2. U-24 18 Jan 1943  Konstanza  18 Feb 1943  Konstanza  Patrol 2,32 days
3. U-24 14 Mar 1943  Konstanza  3 Apr 1943  Feodosia  Patrol 3,21 days
4. U-24 10 Apr 1943  Feodosia  15 Apr 1943  Konstanza  Patrol 3,6 days
5. U-20 22 Jun 1943  Konstanza  29 Jun 1943  Konstanza  Patrol 4,8 days
6. U-20 11 Jul 1943  Konstanza  7 Aug 1943  Konstanza  Patrol 5,28 days
7. U-20 16 Sep 1943  Konstanza  22 Sep 1943  Sevastopol  Patrol 6,7 days
8. U-20 24 Sep 1943  Sevastopol  12 Oct 1943  Konstanza  Patrol 6,19 days
6 patrols, 144 days at sea

Ships hit by Clemens Schöler

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
31 Mar 1943U-24 Kreml’ (d.)7,661sj
 7,661

1 ship damaged (7,661 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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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