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Bernhard Zurmühlen

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)


Successes
5 ships sunk for a total of 28.600 GRT
3 ships damaged for a total of 19.230 GRT

Born  23 Feb, 1909Bielefeld
Died  25 Nov, 1943north of Punta Delgada, Azores

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Ranks

11 Apr, 1934Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul, 1934Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1936Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct, 1936Leutnant zur See
1 Jun, 1938Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1940Kapitänleutnant
1 Nov, 1943Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

1939Iron Cross 2nd Class
Nov, 1941Fleet War Badge
23 Sep, 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
Dec, 1942Iron Cross 1st Class
27 Feb, 1943German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-60011 Dec, 1941 - 25 Nov, 1943 (+)  6 patrols (278 days) 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-600 14 Jul, 1942  Kiel22 Sep, 1942  La PallicePatrol71 days
2. U-600 22 Nov, 1942  La Pallice27 Dec, 1942  La PallicePatrol36 days
3. U-600 11 Feb, 1943  La Pallice26 Mar, 1943  La PallicePatrol44 days
4. U-600 25 Apr, 1943  La Pallice11 May, 1943  La PallicePatrol17 days
5. U-600 12 Jun, 1943  La Pallice10 Sep, 1943  BrestPatrol91 days
6. U-600 7 Nov, 1943  Brest25 Nov, 1943  SunkPatrol19 days

Ships hit by Bernhard Zurmühlen


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
10 Aug, 1942 U-600Vivian P. Smith130 br 
13 Aug, 1942 U-600Delmundo5.032 am TAW-12 
13 Aug, 1942 U-600Everelza4.520 le TAW-12 
8 Dec, 1942 U-600James McKay6.762 am HX-217 
 
24 Feb, 1943 U-600Ingria4.391 nw ON-166 damaged
17 Mar, 1943 U-600Irénée Du Pont6.125 am HX-229 damaged
17 Mar, 1943 U-600Nariva8.714 br HX-229 damaged
17 Mar, 1943 U-600Southern Princess12.156 br HX-229 
 47.830

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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