The Men - U-boat Commanders

Max-Martin Schulte

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 9,875 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 6,999 GRT

Born	24 Sep 1915		Wuppertal-Barmen
Died	17 May 2000	(84)	Kiel, Germany

Ranks

1 Jul 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-9	19 Sep 1939	29 Dec 1939	No war patrols
U-13	3 Jan 1940	31 May 1940	4 patrols (65 days)

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Max-Martin Schulte

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-13	24 Jan 1940	Kiel	5 Feb 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 1,	13 days
2.	U-13	16 Feb 1940	Wilhelmshaven	29 Feb 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 2,	14 days
3.	U-13	2 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	3 Mar 1940	Kiel		2 days
4.	U-13	25 Mar 1940	Kiel	26 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven		2 days
5.	U-13	31 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	19 Apr 1940	Bergen	Patrol 3,	20 days
6.	U-13	21 Apr 1940	Bergen	2 May 1940	Kiel	Patrol 3,	12 days
7.	U-13	26 May 1940	Kiel	31 May 1940	Sunk	Patrol 4,	6 days
4 patrols, 65 days at sea

Ships hit by Max-Martin Schulte

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
31 Jan 1940	U-13		Start	1,168		nw
1 Feb 1940	U-13		Fram	2,491		sw
17 Apr 1940	U-13		Swainby	4,935		br
26 Apr 1940	U-13		Lily	1,281		da
28 Apr 1940	U-13		Scottish American (d.)	6,999		br
				16,874
4 ships sunk (9,875 tons) and 1 ship damaged (6,999 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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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