Joachim Franze
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 7.177 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.810 tons |
| Born | 19 Jan, 1918 | Leipzig |
| Died | 19 Mar, 1984 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-278 | 30 Dec, 1943 | Kiel | 5 Jan, 1944 | Bergen | 7 days | |
| 2. | U-278 | 8 Jan, 1944 | Bergen | 28 Jan, 1944 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 21 days |
| 3. | U-278 | 29 Jan, 1944 | Hammerfest | 19 Feb, 1944 | Narvik | Patrol, | 22 days |
| 4. | U-278 | 4 Mar, 1944 | Narvik | 4 Apr, 1944 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 32 days |
| 5. | U-278 | 24 Apr, 1944 | Hammerfest | 8 May, 1944 | Bergen | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 6. | U-278 | 5 Jul, 1944 | Bergen | 9 Jul, 1944 | Ramsund | 5 days | |
| 7. | U-278 | 23 Jul, 1944 | Ramsund | 24 Jul, 1944 | Hammerfest | 2 days | |
| 8. | U-278 | 2 Aug, 1944 | Hammerfest | 3 Oct, 1944 | Narvik | Patrol, | 63 days |
| 9. | U-278 | 6 Oct, 1944 | Narvik | 8 Oct, 1944 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 10. | U-278 | 12 Dec, 1944 | Trondheim | 20 Dec, 1944 | Bergen | 9 days | |
| 11. | U-278 | 23 Dec, 1944 | Bergen | 13 Feb, 1945 | Narvik | Patrol, | 53 days |
| 12. | U-278 | 10 Apr, 1945 | Narvik | 9 May, 1945 | Narvik, Norway | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 7 patrols, 236 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Joachim Franze
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 25 Jan, 1944 | U-278 | Penelope Barker | 7.177 |  | am | JW-56A | |
| 30 Jan, 1944 | U-278 | HMS Hardy (R 08) | 1.810 |  | br | JW-56B | |
| 8.987 | |||||||
* 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.