Claus von Trotha
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 10,218 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 11,195 GRT |
| Born | 25 Mar 1914 | Cologne | |
| Died | 31 Oct 1943 | (29) | North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-554 | Mar, 1942 | Sep, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-306 | 21 Oct 1942 | 31 Oct 1943 (+) | 5 patrols (161 days) |
Crew of 1936
Claus von Trotha 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 Claus von Trotha
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-306 | 25 Feb 1943 | Kiel | 9 May 1943 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 74 days | |
| 2. | U-306 | 10 Jun 1943 | Brest | 11 Aug 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 63 days | |
| 3. | U-306 | 23 Sep 1943 | Lorient | 24 Sep 1943 | Brest | Patrol 3, | 2 days | |
| 4. | U-306 | 7 Oct 1943 | Brest | 10 Oct 1943 | Brest | Patrol 4, | 4 days | |
| 5. | U-306 | 14 Oct 1943 | Brest | 31 Oct 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 18 days | |
| 5 patrols, 161 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Claus von Trotha
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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| 22 Apr 1943 | U-306 |  | Amerika | 10,218 |  | br | HX-234 | |
| 23 Apr 1943 | U-306 | | Silvermaple (d.) | 5,313 | | br | HX-234 | |
| 16 Jul 1943 | U-306 | Kaipara (d.) | 5,882 | | br | SL-133 | ||
| 21,413 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (10,218 tons) and 2 ships damaged (11,195 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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.
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