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-boatFromTo
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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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