Karl Brandenburg
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 24)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 15.593 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 8.939 GRT |
| Born | 25 Jul, 1906 | Tribsees, Pomerania |
| Died | 16 Sep, 1942 | Barents Sea |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-457 | 30 May, 1942 | Kiel | 3 Jun, 1942 | Trondheim | 5 days | |
| 2. | U-457 | 18 Jun, 1942 | Trondheim | 22 Jun, 1942 | Trondheim | 5 days | |
| 3. | U-457 | 28 Jun, 1942 | Trondheim | 16 Jul, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 4. | U-457 | 18 Jul, 1942 | Narvik | 20 Jul, 1942 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 5. | U-457 | 8 Aug, 1942 | Trondheim | 7 Sep, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol, | 31 days |
| 6. | U-457 | 10 Sep, 1942 | Narvik | 16 Sep, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 3 patrols, 57 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Karl Brandenburg
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 4 Jul, 1942 | U-457 | Christopher Newport | 7.191 |  | am | PQ-17 | |
| 7 Jul, 1942 | U-457 | Aldersdale | 8.402 |  | br | PQ-17 | |
| 14 Sep, 1942 | U-457 | Atheltemplar | 8.939 | | br | PQ-18 | damaged |
| 24.532 | |||||||
* 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.