Karl-Heinz Herbschleb
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,176 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,771 GRT |
Born | 19 Oct 1910 | Eisenach, Thüringen | |
Died | 16 Feb 1955 | (44) |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-21 | 19 May 1941 | 3 Jan 1942 | No war patrols |
U-354 | 22 Apr 1942 | 22 Feb 1944 | 7 patrols (242 days) |
Karl-Heinz Herbschleb was a former merchant marine officer. He died of cancer (Rust, 2009).
Sources
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.
Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Herbschleb
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-354 | 10 Oct 1942 | Kiel | 13 Oct 1942 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
2. | U-354 | 17 Oct 1942 | Bergen | 20 Oct 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 4 days | ||
3. | U-354 | 29 Oct 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 30 Nov 1942 | Narvik | Patrol 1, | 33 days | |
4. | U-354 | 19 Dec 1942 | Narvik | 15 Jan 1943 | Narvik | Patrol 2, | 28 days | |
5. | U-354 | 18 Jan 1943 | Narvik | 20 Jan 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | ||
6. | U-354 | 11 Mar 1943 | Trondheim | 4 Apr 1943 | Narvik | Patrol 3, | 25 days | |
7. | U-354 | 28 Apr 1943 | Narvik | 30 Apr 1943 | Hammerfest | 3 days | ||
8. | U-354 | 9 May 1943 | Hammerfest | 12 Jun 1943 | Narvik | Patrol 4, | 35 days | |
9. | U-354 | 13 Jun 1943 | Narvik | 15 Jun 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | ||
10. | U-354 | 25 Jul 1943 | Trondheim | 27 Jul 1943 | Skjomenfjord | 3 days | ||
11. | U-354 | 4 Aug 1943 | Skjomenfjord | 22 Sep 1943 | Narvik | Patrol 5, | 50 days | |
12. | U-354 | 22 Oct 1943 | Narvik | 23 Oct 1943 | Tromsö | Patrol 6, | 2 days | |
13. | U-354 | 25 Oct 1943 | Tromsö | 6 Dec 1943 | Hammerfest | Patrol 6, | 43 days | |
14. | U-354 | 7 Dec 1943 | Hammerfest | 1 Jan 1944 | Narvik | Patrol 7, | 26 days | |
15. | U-354 | 3 Jan 1944 | Narvik | 4 Jan 1944 | Trondheim | 2 days | ||
7 patrols, 242 days at sea |
Ships hit by Karl-Heinz Herbschleb
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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4 Nov 1942 | U-354 | William Clark | 7,176 | am | ||||
27 Aug 1943 | U-354 | Petrovskij (d.) | 3,771 | sj | ||||
10,947 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (7,176 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,771 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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