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Karl-Heinz Steinmetz

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  19 Feb 1921 Kassel
Died  14 Mar 1945(24)North Sea


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Ranks

1 Dec 1939Offiziersanwärter
1 Nov 1940Fähnrich zur See
1 Nov 1941Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1942Leutnant zur See
1 Dec 1943Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-993 17 Aug 1944 4 Oct 1944   1 patrol (33 days) 

Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Steinmetz


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-993 17 Aug 1944  Brest  18 Sep 1944  Bergen  Patrol 1,33 days

Ships hit by Karl-Heinz Steinmetz

No entries found.


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.

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