Karl Schrott

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 32)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  25 Mar 1911 Viersen, Rhineland
Died  23 Mar 1941(29)south-east of Iceland


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Ranks

1 Apr 1932 Offiziersanwärter
4 Nov 1932 Seekadett
1 Jan 1934 Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep 1935 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1936 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1937 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1940 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-7 14 Oct 1939 Oct, 1940   4 patrols (43 days) 
U-551 7 Nov 1940 23 Mar 1941  (+)  1 patrol (6 days) 

Patrol info for Karl Schrott

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-7 3 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven  8 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven  Patrol 1,6 days
2. U-7 14 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven  19 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven  Patrol 2,6 days
3. U-7 3 Apr 1940  Wilhelmshaven  21 Apr 1940  Kiel  Patrol 3,19 days
4. U-7 7 May 1940  Kiel  18 May 1940  Kiel  Patrol 4,12 days
5. U-551 9 Mar 1941  Kiel  13 Mar 1941  Bergen   5 days
6. U-551 18 Mar 1941  Bergen  23 Mar 1941  Sunk  Patrol 5,6 days
5 patrols, 49 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.

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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