Harald Grosse
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 25)
| Successes 5 ships sunk, total tonnage 13,298 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 8,022 GRT |
| Born | 17 Nov 1906 | Mainz | |
| Died | 23 Feb 1940 | (33) | west of Orkneys |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-8 | 13 Aug 1935 | 3 Nov 1936 | No war patrols |
| U-34 | 4 Nov 1936 | 22 Dec 1936 | No war patrols |
| U-22 | 23 Dec 1936 | 4 Oct 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-53 | 15 Jan 1940 | 23 Feb 1940 (+) | 1 patrol (22 days) |
Patrol info for Harald Grosse
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-53 | 2 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 23 Feb 1940 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 22 days | |
Ships hit by Harald Grosse
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 11 Feb 1940 | U-53 |  | Snestad | 4,114 |  | nw | |
| 11 Feb 1940 | U-53 | | Imperial Transport (d.) | 8,022 |  | br | |
| 12 Feb 1940 | U-53 | Dalarö | 3,927 |  | sw | ||
| 13 Feb 1940 | U-53 | Norna | 1,022 | | sw | ||
| 14 Feb 1940 | U-53 | | Martin Goldschmidt | 2,095 |  | da | |
| 18 Feb 1940 | U-53 | | Banderas | 2,140 |  | sp | |
| 21,320 | |||||||
5 ships sunk (13,298 tons) and 1 ship damaged (8,022 tons). Legend | |||||||
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