Philipp Schüler
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 6.801 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 5.133 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 1.540 tons |
| Born | 17 Oct, 1911 | Frankfurt am Main |
| Died | 19 Apr, 1943 | Western Approaches |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-141 | 31 Mar, 1941 | - | 29 Nov, 1941 | 4 patrols (88 days) |
| U-602 | 29 Dec, 1941 | - | 19 Apr, 1943 (+) | 4 patrols (109 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-141 | 13 Apr, 1941 | Kiel | 17 Apr, 1941 | Bergen | 5 days | |
| 2. | U-141 | 29 Apr, 1941 | Bergen | 11 May, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 13 days |
| 3. | U-141 | 31 May, 1941 | Lorient | 26 Jun, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 4. | U-141 | 14 Jul, 1941 | Lorient | 1 Aug, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 5. | U-141 | 21 Aug, 1941 | Lorient | 18 Sep, 1941 | Kiel | Patrol, | 29 days |
| 6. | U-602 | 26 Sep, 1942 | Kiel | 6 Nov, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 42 days |
| 7. | U-602 | 1 Dec, 1942 | Lorient | 21 Dec, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 21 days |
| 8. | U-602 | 6 Feb, 1943 | La Spezia | 9 Mar, 1943 | Toulon | Patrol, | 32 days |
| 9. | U-602 | 6 Apr, 1943 | Toulon | 19 Apr, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 8 patrols, 197 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Philipp Schüler
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 22 Jun, 1941 | U-141 | Calabria | 1.277 |  | sw | SL-76 | |
| 26 Jul, 1941 | U-141 | Atlantic City | 5.133 |  | br | OS-1 | damaged |
| 26 Jul, 1941 | U-141 | Botwey | 5.106 | | br | OS-1 | |
| 5 Sep, 1941 | U-141 | Anders | 190 |  | is | ||
| 6 Sep, 1941 | U-141 | King Erik | 228 | | br | ||
| 9 Dec, 1942 | U-602 | HMS Porcupine (G 93) | 1.540 | | br | total loss | |
| 13.474 | |||||||
* 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.