Werner Schulte

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 31)

Successes
6 ships sunk, total tonnage 38,826 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 46 tons (lost aboard transport ships)

Born	7 Nov 1912		Kiel
Died	5 Oct 1942	(29)	south-west of Iceland

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Ranks

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-582	7 Aug 1941	5 Oct 1942 (+)	4 patrols (176 days)

Werner Schulte joined the Kriegsmarine in 1931. From March 1938 to April 1940 he served as gunnery and Div. officer on the light cruiser Köningsberg. He then served on the staff of Naval Command at Bergen, Norway until Oct 1940 when he joined the U-boat force.

His U-boat training lasted from Oct 1940 to March 1941 when he began U-boat commander training with the 24th (Training) Flotilla, finishing the course in April. In May Schulte was sent as Commander in Training (Kommandantenschüler) on one patrol on U-98 (Gysae), on which three ships totalling over 23,000 GRT were sunk. In July he was sent for U-boat construction familiarization (Baubelehrung) at Hamburg in preparation for commissioning U-582, which he did on 7 Aug 1941.

On four patrols in U-582, including one in US waters, Schulte sank six ships of almost 39,000 GRT in total.

Kapitänleutnant Werner Schulte died along with his entire crew of 46 men when U-582 was sunk by a American Catalina flying boat on 5 Oct 1942 south-west of Iceland (Niestlé, 1998). After his death he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän with seniority from 1 Oct 1942 (Busch and Röll, 1999).

Sources

Busch, R and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestle, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Werner Schulte

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-582	20 Dec 1941	Kiel	29 Dec 1941	Trondheim		10 days
2.	U-582	3 Jan 1942	Trondheim	7 Feb 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	36 days
3.	U-582	19 Mar 1942	Brest	24 May 1942	Brest	Patrol 2,	67 days
4.	U-582	22 Jun 1942	Brest	11 Aug 1942	Brest	Patrol 3,	51 days
5.	U-582	14 Sep 1942	Brest	5 Oct 1942	Sunk	Patrol 4,	22 days
4 patrols, 176 days at sea

Ships hit by Werner Schulte

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
26 Jan 1942	U-582	Refast	5,189	br	ON-56
12 Jul 1942	U-582	HMNZS ML-1090 [Trans.]	46	nz
12 Jul 1942	U-582	Port Hunter	8,826	br	OS-33
15 Jul 1942	U-582	Empire Attendant	7,524	br	OS-33
22 Jul 1942	U-582	Honolulan	7,493	am
27 Jul 1942	U-582	Stella Lykes	6,801	am
22 Sep 1942	U-582	Vibran	2,993	nw
			38,872
7 ships sunk (38,872 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. [Trans.] indicates the vessel was lost while being transported on another vessel.