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Walter Kell

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)


Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 17,360 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1,060 tons

Born  4 Dec 1913 Altenwald, Saarland
Died  19 Oct 1941(27)off Tangier

Ranks

1 Apr 1941Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-8 10 Jun 1940 6 Jul 1940   No war patrols 
U-8 13 Sep 1940 17 Dec 1940   No war patrols 
U-204 8 Mar 1941 19 Oct 1941  (+)  3 patrols (97 days) 

Patrol info for Walter Kell


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-204 24 May 1941  Kiel  27 Jun 1941  Brest  Patrol 1,35 days
2. U-204 22 Jul 1941  Brest  22 Aug 1941  Brest  Patrol 2,32 days
3. U-204 20 Sep 1941  Brest  19 Oct 1941  Sunk  Patrol 3,30 days
3 patrols, 97 days at sea

Ships hit by Walter Kell


Date BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
31 May, 1941 U-204 Holmsteinn16  is  
10 Jun, 1941 U-204 Mercier7,886  be  
19 Aug, 1941 U-204 HNoMS Bath (I 17)1,060  nw  OG-71 
14 Oct, 1941 U-204 Aingeru Guardakoa300  sp  
19 Oct, 1941 U-204 Inverlee9,158  br  
 18,420

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.


Books dealing with this subject include:

Suomen laivasto 1918-1968. N/A, 1968.


Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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