The Men - U-boat Commanders

Karl Albrecht

Oberleutnant zur See



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  21 Apr 1907 Essen
Died  30 Sep 1944(37)

Ranks

7 Apr 1923 Rekrut
1 May 1927 Signalgefreiter
1 May 1929 Obersignalgefreiter
1 Sep 1930 Signalmaat
1 Sep 1932 Obersignalmaat
1 Nov 1935 Steuermann
1 Jan 1936 Obersteuermann
1 Oct 1938 Stabssteuermann
1 Jan 1939 Stabsobersteuermann
1 Oct 1942 Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

25 Jan 1940 Iron Cross 2nd Class
21 Mar 1940 U-boat War Badge 1939
12 Oct 1942 Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

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U-1062 19 Jun 1943 30 Sep 1944  (+)  2 patrols (207 days) 

Karl Albrecht was born on 21 Apr 1904 in Essen. He enlisted in 1923 and was promoted to Oblt. on 1 Apr 1943. He served as Strm on the type IIB boat U-19 from Jan 1936. He served as Strm on the type IIC boat U-62 from Dec 1939 to Jan 1940. He served as Obstrm on the type IIB boat U-9 from Jan to Mar 1940. He served as Obstrm on the U-depot ship Weichsel from Apr to Jun 1940.

Karl Albrecht attended U-boat Training Unit (UAA), Plön from Jun to Jul 1940. He served as platoon commander with 1 ULD from July to Oct 1941. Then went through U-boat Familiarization (Baubelehrung) until Nov 1941. He served as Obstrm on U-214 from Nov 1941 until Aug 1942. He then did another U-boat Familiarization (Baubelehrung) program and other courses from Sept 1942 to June 1943 (U-boat commanders's torpedo course 46).

He commissioned the new type VIIF, a rare torpedo transport boat, on 19 June 1943. Karl Albrecht took the boat on its first patrol, to the Far East to supply the Monsun boats in Indian Ocean. The boat was sunk with all hands on 30 September 1944 in the Atlantic south-west of the Cape Verde Islands, in position 11.36N, 34.44W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escort USS Fessenden.

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.

Patrol info for Karl Albrecht

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-1062 18 Dec 1943  Kiel  24 Dec 1943  Bergen  Patrol 1,7 days
2. U-1062 3 Jan 1944  Bergen  19 Apr 1944  Penang  Patrol 1,108 days
3. U-1062 19 Jun 1944  Penang  2 Jul 1944  Penang  Patrol 2,14 days
4. U-1062 15 Jul 1944  Penang  30 Sep 1944  Sunk  Patrol 2,78 days
2 patrols, 207 days at sea


About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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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