Oskar Herwartz
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
Successes
1 ship sunk for a total of 8,261 GRT |
| Born | 1 Jan 1915 | | Hildesheim |
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| 5 Apr 1935 | Offiziersanwärter | | 1 Jul 1936 | Fähnrich zur See | | 1 Jan 1938 | Oberfähnrich zur See | | 1 Apr 1938 | Leutnant zur See | | 1 Oct 1939 | Oberleutnant zur See | | 1 Dec 1942 | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-843 | 24 Mar 1943 | 9 Apr 1945 | 3 patrols (291 days) |
Personal information
Oskar apparently passed away at his home near Bonn in 2002.
Patrol info for Oskar Herwartz
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
| 1. |
U-843 |
7 Oct 1943 | Kiel |
12 Oct 1943 | Trondheim |
| 6 days | |
| 2. |
U-843 |
15 Oct 1943 | Trondheim |
15 Dec 1943 | Lorient |
Patrol 1, | 62 days | |
| 3. |
U-843 |
19 Feb 1944 | Lorient |
11 Jun 1944 | Batavia |
Patrol 2, | 114 days | |
| 4. |
U-843 |
13 Jun 1944 | Batavia |
15 Jun 1944 | Singapur |
| 3 days | |
| 5. |
U-843 |
1 Nov 1944 | Singapur |
1 Nov 1944 | Batavia |
| 1 days | |
| 6. |
U-843 |
10 Dec 1944 | Batavia |
3 Apr 1945 | Bergen |
Patrol 3, | 115 days | |
| 7. |
U-843 |
6 Apr 1945 | Bergen |
9 Apr 1945 | Sunk |
| 4 days | |
| 3 patrols, 291 days at sea | |
Ships hit by Oskar Herwartz
| Date |
U-boat |
| Name of ship |
Tons |
Nat. |
Convoy |
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| 8 Apr 1944 | U-843 | | Nebraska | 8,261 |  | br | OS-71 |
| | 8,261 | |
1 ship sunk (8,261 tons). |
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.
