Ulrich Borcherdt
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 31)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 22.734 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 655 GRT |
| Born | 13 Sep, 1909 | Görlitz |
| Died | 27 Mar, 1942 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-8 | 26 Apr, 1941 | - | 22 May, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-587 | 11 Sep, 1941 | - | 27 Mar, 1942 (+) | 2 patrols (68 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-587 | 8 Jan, 1942 | Kiel | 31 Jan, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 24 days |
| 2. | U-587 | 12 Feb, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 27 Mar, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 44 days |
| 2 patrols, 68 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Ulrich Borcherdt
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 24 Feb, 1942 | U-587 | Anadara | 8.009 |  | br | ONS-67 | |
| 6 Mar, 1942 | U-587 | Hans Egede | 900 |  | go | ||
| 8 Mar, 1942 | U-587 | HMS Northern Princess (4.06) | 655 | | br | ||
| 9 Mar, 1942 | U-587 | Lily | 5.719 |  | gr | ONS-68 | |
| 23 Mar, 1942 | U-587 | Diala | 8.106 | | br | ON-52 | |
| 23.389 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.