Leonhard Klingspor

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

Successes
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,658 tons

Born	17 Jun 1917		Siegen, Westphalia
Died	22 Aug 1989	(72)

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-293	8 Sep 1943	11 May 1945	5 patrols (111 days)
U-1007	3 Jul 1944	7 Jul 1944	No war patrols

Patrol info for Leonhard Klingspor

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-293	29 Apr 1944	Kiel	1 May 1944	Arendal		3 days
2.	U-293	19 May 1944	Arendal	20 May 1944	Bergen		2 days
3.	U-1007	3 Jul 1944	Marviken	5 Jul 1944	Bergen		3 days
4.	U-1007	5 Jul 1944	Bergen	6 Jul 1944	Stavanger		2 days
5.	U-1007	7 Jul 1944	Stavanger	7 Jul 1944	Kristiansand		1 days
6.	U-293	2 Aug 1944	Bergen	5 Aug 1944	Trondheim		4 days
7.	U-293	6 Aug 1944	Trondheim	10 Aug 1944	Stavanger		5 days
8.	U-293	9 Sep 1944	Stavanger	14 Sep 1944	Trondheim		6 days
9.	U-293	16 Sep 1944	Trondheim	22 Sep 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	7 days
10.	U-293	25 Sep 1944	Narvik	4 Oct 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 2,	10 days
11.	U-293	14 Oct 1944	Hammerfest	6 Nov 1944	Narvik	Patrol 3,	24 days
12.	U-293	21 Nov 1944	Narvik	19 Dec 1944	Narvik	Patrol 4,	29 days
13.	U-293	1 Apr 1945	Narvik	11 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	Patrol 5,	41 days
5 patrols, 111 days at sea

Ships hit by Leonhard Klingspor

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
20 Jan 1945	U-293	Razjarennyj (d.)	1,658	sj	KP-1
	1,658
1 ship damaged (1,658 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

20 Jan 1945

U-293

Razjarennyj (d.)

1,658

KP-1

1,658

1 ship damaged (1,658 tons).

Legend
(d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.