Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
Successes 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 21,302 GRT |
Born | 28 Feb 1904 | Kolberg | |
Died | 16 Apr 1956 | (52) | Lübeck, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-135 | 16 Aug 1941 | Nov, 1942 | 4 patrols (208 days) |
After the war Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius became a captain in the Merchant Navy. (Rust, 2009).
Sources
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.
Patrol info for Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-135 | 24 Dec 1941 | Kiel | 31 Jan 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 39 days | |
2. | U-135 | 22 Feb 1942 | St. Nazaire | 3 Apr 1942 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 41 days | |
3. | U-135 | 26 Apr 1942 | Brest | 5 Jul 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 71 days | |
4. | U-135 | 8 Aug 1942 | St. Nazaire | 3 Oct 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 4, | 57 days | |
4 patrols, 208 days at sea |
Ships hit by Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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22 Jan 1942 | U-135 | Gandia | 9,626 | be | ON-56 | |||
17 May 1942 | U-135 | Fort Qu´Appelle | 7,127 | br | ||||
8 Jun 1942 | U-135 | Pleasantville | 4,549 | nw | ||||
21,302 | ||||||||
3 ships sunk (21,302 tons). Legend |
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.
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