The Men - U-boat Commanders

Karl Nielsen

Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve


Successes
2 warships sunk, total tonnage 832 tons

Born  30 Sep 1911 Hamburg

Ranks

1 Nov 1942 Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-370 19 Nov 1943 5 May 1945   12 patrols (146 days) 

Patrol info for Karl Nielsen

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-370 9 Jun 1944  Kiel  10 Jun 1944  Marviken   2 days
2. U-370 29 Jun 1944  Marviken  1 Jul 1944  Kiel   3 days
3. U-370 9 Jul 1944  Kiel  12 Jul 1944  Reval  Patrol 1,4 days
4. U-370 13 Jul 1944  Reval  14 Jul 1944  Grand Hotel  Patrol 2,2 days
5. U-370 17 Jul 1944  Grand Hotel  24 Jul 1944  Grand Hotel  Patrol 3,8 days
6. U-370 26 Jul 1944  Grand Hotel  27 Jul 1944  Nord Altaskär  Patrol 4,2 days
7. U-370 28 Jul 1944  Nord Altaskär  3 Aug 1944  Helsinki  Patrol 5,7 days
8. U-370 9 Aug 1944  Helsinki  12 Aug 1944  Grand Hotel  Patrol 6,4 days
9. U-370 20 Aug 1944  Grand Hotel  30 Aug 1944  Grand Hotel  Patrol 7,11 days
10. U-370 3 Sep 1944  Grand Hotel  6 Sep 1944  Kopli  Patrol 8,4 days
11. U-370 13 Sep 1944  Kopli  28 Sep 1944  Memel  Patrol 9,16 days
12. U-370 2 Oct 1944  Memel  25 Oct 1944  Danzig  Patrol 10,24 days
13. U-370 5 Jan 1945  Danzig  5 Mar 1945  Danzig  Patrol 11,60 days
14. U-370 7 Mar 1945  Danzig  10 Mar 1945  Kiel  Patrol 12,4 days
12 patrols, 146 days at sea

Ships hit by Karl Nielsen

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
31 Jul 1944U-370 MO-10156sj
 
12 Jan 1945U-370 Louhi776fi
 832

2 ships sunk (832 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)


German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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