Friedrich-Georg Herrle

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)


Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 7,226 GRT

Born  13 Aug 1910 Neustadt an der Hardt, Rhineland-Pfalz
Died  4 May 1945(34)Baltic Sea, Little Belt


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Ranks

1 Dec 1939Offiziersanwärter
1 Nov 1940Fähnrich zur See
1 Nov 1941Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1942Leutnant zur See
1 Feb 1943Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

 Iron Cross 2nd Class
 Iron Cross 1st Class
11 May 1944German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-307 18 Nov 1942 1 Dec 1944   9 patrols (275 days) 
U-312 2 Dec 1944 31 Jan 1945   1 patrol (22 days) 
U-393 Apr, 1945 4 May 1945  (+)  No war patrols 

Patrol info for Friedrich-Georg Herrle


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-307 29 Jun 1943  Kiel  2 Jul 1943  Bergen   4 days
2. U-307 3 Jul 1943  Bergen  8 Jul 1943  Hammerfest   6 days
3. U-307 9 Jul 1943  Hammerfest  12 Jul 1943  Hammerfest  Patrol 1,4 days
4. U-307 16 Jul 1943  Hammerfest  21 Aug 1943  Hammerfest  Patrol 2,37 days
5. U-307 2 Sep 1943  Hammerfest  9 Oct 1943  Hammerfest  Patrol 3,38 days
6. U-307 27 Oct 1943  Hammerfest  9 Dec 1943  Hammerfest  Patrol 4,44 days
7. U-307 12 Dec 1943  Hammerfest  15 Dec 1943  Trondheim   4 days
8. U-307 23 Feb 1944  Trondheim  27 Mar 1944  Narvik  Patrol 5,34 days
9. U-307 16 Apr 1944  Narvik  5 May 1944  Narvik  Patrol 6,20 days
10. U-307 25 May 1944  Narvik  12 Jul 1944  Narvik  Patrol 7,49 days
11. U-307 2 Aug 1944  Narvik  3 Aug 1944  Hammerfest   2 days
12. U-307 4 Aug 1944  Hammerfest  23 Aug 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 8,20 days
13. U-307 24 Aug 1944  Hammerfest  25 Aug 1944  Narvik   2 days
14. U-307 29 Aug 1944  Narvik  31 Aug 1944  Tromsö   3 days
15. U-307 9 Sep 1944  Tromsö  4 Oct 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 9,26 days
16. U-307 5 Oct 1944  Hammerfest  7 Oct 1944  Narvik  Patrol 9,3 days
17. U-307 8 Oct 1944  Narvik  10 Oct 1944  Trondheim   3 days
18. U-312 5 Dec 1944  Narvik  8 Dec 1944  Trondheim   4 days
19. U-312 14 Dec 1944  Trondheim  4 Jan 1945  Trondheim  Patrol 10,22 days
10 patrols, 297 days at sea

Ships hit by Friedrich-Georg Herrle

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
30 Apr 1944U-307 William S. Thayer7,176amRA-59
18 Aug 1944U-307 Lennox50nw
 7,226

2 ships sunk (7,226 tons).

Legend
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About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders