Claus von Trotha
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 10.218 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 11.195 GRT |
| Born | 25 Mar, 1914 | Cologne |
| Died | 31 Oct, 1943 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-554 | Mar, 1942 | - | Sep, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-306 | 21 Oct, 1942 | - | 31 Oct, 1943 (+) | 5 patrols (161 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-306 | 25 Feb, 1943 | Kiel | 9 May, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 74 days |
| 2. | U-306 | 10 Jun, 1943 | Brest | 11 Aug, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 63 days |
| 3. | U-306 | 23 Sep, 1943 | Lorient | 24 Sep, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 2 days |
| 4. | U-306 | 7 Oct, 1943 | Brest | 10 Oct, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 4 days |
| 5. | U-306 | 14 Oct, 1943 | Brest | 31 Oct, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 18 days |
| 5 patrols, 161 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Claus von Trotha
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 22 Apr, 1943 | U-306 | Amerika | 10.218 |  | br | HX-234 | |
| 23 Apr, 1943 | U-306 | Silvermaple | 5.313 | | br | HX-234 | damaged |
| 16 Jul, 1943 | U-306 | Kaipara | 5.882 | | br | SL-133 | damaged |
| 21.413 | |||||||
* 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.