Joachim Franze
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,177 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,810 tons |
Born | 19 Jan 1918 | | Leipzig |
Died | 19 Mar 1984 | (66) | |
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3 Apr 1937 | | Offiziersanwärter | 21 Sep 1937 | | Seekadett | 1 May 1938 | | Fähnrich zur See | 1 Jul 1939 | | Oberfähnrich zur See | 1 Aug 1939 | | Leutnant zur See | 1 Sep 1941 | | Oberleutnant zur See | 1 Apr 1944 | | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
U-278 | 16 Jan 1943 | 9 May 1945 | 7 patrols (245 days) |
Patrol info for Joachim Franze
| U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
1. |
U-278 |
30 Dec 1943 | Kiel |
5 Jan 1944 | Bergen |
| 7 days | |
2. |
U-278 |
8 Jan 1944 | Bergen |
28 Jan 1944 | Hammerfest |
Patrol 1, | 21 days | |
3. |
U-278 |
29 Jan 1944 | Hammerfest |
19 Feb 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 2, | 22 days | |
4. |
U-278 |
4 Mar 1944 | Narvik |
4 Apr 1944 | Hammerfest |
Patrol 3, | 32 days | |
5. |
U-278 |
24 Apr 1944 | Hammerfest |
8 May 1944 | Bergen |
Patrol 4, | 15 days | |
6. |
U-278 |
5 Jul 1944 | Bergen |
9 Jul 1944 | Ramsund |
| 5 days | |
7. |
U-278 |
9 Jul 1944 | Ramsund |
10 Jul 1944 | Narvik |
| 2 days | |
8. |
U-278 |
23 Jul 1944 | Narvik |
24 Jul 1944 | Hammerfest |
| 2 days | |
9. |
U-278 |
2 Aug 1944 | Hammerfest |
3 Oct 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 5, | 63 days | |
10. |
U-278 |
6 Oct 1944 | Narvik |
8 Oct 1944 | Trondheim |
| 3 days | |
11. |
U-278 |
12 Dec 1944 | Trondheim |
20 Dec 1944 | Bergen |
Patrol 6, | 9 days | |
12. |
U-278 |
23 Dec 1944 | Bergen |
13 Feb 1945 | Narvik |
Patrol 6, | 53 days | |
13. |
U-278 |
10 Apr 1945 | Narvik |
9 May 1945 | Narvik |
Patrol 7, | 30 days | |
14. |
U-278 |
12 May 1945 | Narvik |
12 May 1945 | Skjomenfjord |
| 1 days | |
15. |
U-278 |
15 May 1945 | Skjomenfjord |
19 May 1945 | Loch Eriboll, UK |
| 5 days | |
7 patrols, 245 days at sea | |
Ships hit by Joachim Franze
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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