Richard Becker
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 146 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,361 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged, total tonnage 7,177 GRT |
Born | 21 Feb 1911 | Altona, Elbe | |
Died | 28 Jun 2000 | (89) | Hamburg, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-218 | 24 Jan 1942 | Aug, 1944 | 8 patrols (372 days) |
U-2503 | 26 Oct 1944 | 11 Nov 1944 | No war patrols |
Patrol info for Richard Becker
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-218 | 25 Aug 1942 | Kiel | 27 Aug 1942 | Kristiansand | 3 days | ||
2. | U-218 | 28 Aug 1942 | Kristiansand | 29 Sep 1942 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 33 days | |
3. | U-218 | 25 Oct 1942 | Brest | 21 Nov 1942 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 28 days | |
4. | U-218 | 7 Jan 1943 | Brest | 10 Mar 1943 | Brest | Patrol 3, | 63 days | |
5. | U-218 | 18 Apr 1943 | Brest | 19 Apr 1943 | Brest | 2 days | ||
6. | U-218 | 20 Apr 1943 | Brest | 2 Jun 1943 | Brest | Patrol 4, | 44 days | |
7. | U-218 | 22 Jul 1943 | Brest | 23 Jul 1943 | Brest | 2 days | ||
8. | U-218 | 29 Jul 1943 | Brest | 6 Aug 1943 | Brest | Patrol 5, | 9 days | |
9. | U-218 | 19 Sep 1943 | Brest | 8 Dec 1943 | Brest | Patrol 6, | 81 days | |
10. | U-218 | 12 Feb 1944 | Brest | 7 May 1944 | Brest | Patrol 7, | 86 days | |
11. | U-218 | 13 Jun 1944 | Brest | 10 Jul 1944 | Brest | Patrol 8, | 28 days | |
8 patrols, 372 days at sea |
Ships hit by Richard Becker
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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11 Sep 1942 | U-218 | Fjordaas (d.) | 7,361 | nw | ON-127 | |||
5 Nov 1943 | U-218 | Beatrice Beck | 146 | br | ||||
6 Jul 1944 | U-218 | HMS Empire Halberd (F 160) (d.) [Mine] | 7,177 | br | ||||
14,684 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (146 tons) and 2 ships damaged (14,538 tons). Legend |
About ranks and decorations
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