Karl Schrott

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 32)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	25 Mar 1911		Viersen, Rhineland
Died	23 Mar 1941	(29)	south-east of Iceland

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Ranks

1 Apr 1932		Offiziersanwärter
4 Nov 1932		Seekadett
1 Jan 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep 1935		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1937		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1940		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-7	14 Oct 1939	Oct, 1940	4 patrols (43 days)
U-551	7 Nov 1940	23 Mar 1941 (+)	1 patrol (6 days)

Patrol info for Karl Schrott

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-7	3 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	8 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 1,	6 days
2.	U-7	14 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	19 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 2,	6 days
3.	U-7	3 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	21 Apr 1940	Kiel	Patrol 3,	19 days
4.	U-7	7 May 1940	Kiel	18 May 1940	Kiel	Patrol 4,	12 days
5.	U-551	9 Mar 1941	Kiel	13 Mar 1941	Bergen		5 days
6.	U-551	18 Mar 1941	Bergen	23 Mar 1941	Sunk	Patrol 5,	6 days
5 patrols, 49 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.