Walter Kell

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 17,157 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,060 tons

Born	4 Dec 1913		Altenwald, Saarland
Died	19 Oct 1941	(27)	off Tangier

Ranks

1 Apr 1933		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-8	10 Jun 1940	6 Jul 1940	No war patrols
U-8	13 Sep 1940	17 Dec 1940	No war patrols
U-204	8 Mar 1941	19 Oct 1941 (+)	3 patrols (97 days)

Patrol info for Walter Kell

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-204	24 May 1941	Kiel	27 Jun 1941	Brest	Patrol 1,	35 days
2.	U-204	22 Jul 1941	Brest	22 Aug 1941	Brest	Patrol 2,	32 days
3.	U-204	20 Sep 1941	Brest	19 Oct 1941	Sunk	Patrol 3,	30 days
3 patrols, 97 days at sea

Ships hit by Walter Kell

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
31 May 1941	U-204	Holmsteinn	16	is
10 Jun 1941	U-204	Mercier	7,886	be	OB-330
19 Aug 1941	U-204	HNoMS Bath (I 17)	1,060	nw	OG-71
14 Oct 1941	U-204	Aingeru Guardakoa	97	sp
19 Oct 1941	U-204	Inverlee	9,158	br
			18,217
5 ships sunk (18,217 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.