Hermann Lamby

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	30 Dec 1913		Bentheim
Died	18 May 1998	(84)

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
19 Apr 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-437	21 Dec 1942	5 Oct 1944	7 patrols (213 days)
U-3029	5 Feb 1945	3 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Hermann Lamby

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-437	4 Feb 1943	St. Nazaire	5 Mar 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	30 days
2.	U-437	26 Apr 1943	St. Nazaire	30 Apr 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	5 days
3.	U-437	24 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire	25 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	2 days
4.	U-437	1 Aug 1943	St. Nazaire	3 Aug 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	3 days
5.	U-437	18 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	19 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	2 days
6.	U-437	23 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	25 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	3 days
7.	U-437	26 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	19 Nov 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	55 days
8.	U-437	20 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	22 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	3 days
9.	U-437	29 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	31 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	3 days
10.	U-437	2 Feb 1944	St. Nazaire	3 Apr 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	62 days
11.	U-437	6 Jun 1944	St. Nazaire	15 Jun 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 5,	10 days
12.	U-437	9 Aug 1944	St. Nazaire	13 Aug 1944	Bordeaux	Patrol 6,	5 days
13.	U-437	23 Aug 1944	Bordeaux	21 Sep 1944	Bergen	Patrol 7,	30 days
7 patrols, 213 days at sea

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.