Kurt-Heinz Nicolay

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	6 Oct 1917		Schleswig
Died	24 Aug 1982	(64)	Langenhagen-Hannover, Germany

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Feb 1944		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-312	21 Apr 1943	1 Dec 1944	5 patrols (129 days)
U-348	26 Jun 1944	1 Jul 1944	No war patrols

Patrol info for Kurt-Heinz Nicolay

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-312	13 Jan 1944	Kiel	17 Jan 1944	Bergen		5 days
2.	U-312	23 Jan 1944	Bergen	4 Feb 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	13 days
3.	U-312	7 Feb 1944	Narvik	29 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 1,	23 days
4.	U-312	15 Mar 1944	Hammerfest	12 Apr 1944	Narvik	Patrol 2,	29 days
5.	U-312	29 Apr 1944	Narvik	13 May 1944	Narvik	Patrol 3,	15 days
6.	U-312	14 May 1944	Narvik	17 May 1944	Trondheim		4 days
7.	U-348	26 Jun 1944	Trondheim	1 Jul 1944	Kiel		6 days
8.	U-312	21 Aug 1944	Trondheim	24 Aug 1944	Narvik		4 days
9.	U-312	7 Sep 1944	Narvik	2 Oct 1944	Narvik	Patrol 4,	26 days
10.	U-312	17 Oct 1944	Narvik	8 Nov 1944	Narvik	Patrol 5,	23 days
5 patrols, 129 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.