Albert Kneip

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,134 GRT
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,370 tons

Born	9 Jul 1921		Blankenese, Hamburg
Died	13 Oct 1991	(70)	Neustadt am Titisee, Germany

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1223	Mar, 1944	28 Apr 1945	1 patrol (119 days)

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Albert Kneip

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1223	6 Aug 1944	Kiel	8 Aug 1944	Horten		3 days
2.	U-1223	14 Aug 1944	Horten	17 Aug 1944	Bergen		4 days
3.	U-1223	28 Aug 1944	Bergen	24 Dec 1944	Kristiansand	Patrol 1,	119 days

Ships hit by Albert Kneip

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
14 Oct 1944	U-1223	HMCS Magog (K 673) (t.)	1,370	ca	ONS-33G
2 Nov 1944	U-1223	Fort Thompson (d.)	7,134	br
			8,504
1 ship sunk (1,370 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,134 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

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.