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The Men - The Commander listing

Rudolf Franzius

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)

Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 19.502 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 5.496 GRT

Born	5 Jun, 1911	Hamburg
Died	5 Oct, 1965

Ranks

1 Oct, 1944

Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-145	19 Dec, 1940	-	21 Oct, 1941	3 patrols (55 days)
U-438	22 Nov, 1941	-	29 Mar, 1943	3 patrols (127 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-145	18 Jun, 1941	Gotenhafen	6 Jul, 1941	Stormelö	Patrol	19 days
2.	U-145	14 Jul, 1941	Stormelö	29 Jul, 1941	Stormelö	Patrol	16 days
3.	U-145	9 Aug, 1941	Stormelö	28 Aug, 1941	Oxhöft	Patrol	20 days
4.	U-438	1 Aug, 1942	Kiel	3 Sep, 1942	Brest	Patrol	34 days
5.	U-438	6 Oct, 1942	Brest	19 Nov, 1942	Brest	Patrol	45 days
6.	U-438	31 Dec, 1942	Brest	16 Feb, 1943	Brest	Patrol	48 days

Ships hit by Rudolf Franzius

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
10 Aug, 1942	U-438	Condylis	4.439		gr	SC-94
10 Aug, 1942	U-438	Oregon	6.008		br	SC-94
25 Aug, 1942	U-438	Empire Breeze	7.457		br	ON-122
25 Aug, 1942	U-438	Trolla	1.598		nw	ON-122
2 Nov, 1942	U-438	Hartington	5.496		br	SC-107	damaged
			24.998
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

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