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 | off Tangier |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| 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
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-204 | 24 May, 1941 | Kiel | 27 Jun, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 35 days |
| 2. | U-204 | 22 Jul, 1941 | Brest | 22 Aug, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 32 days |
| 3. | U-204 | 20 Sep, 1941 | Brest | 19 Oct, 1941 | Sunk | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 3 patrols, 97 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Walter Kell
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 31 May, 1941 | U-204 | Holmsteinn | 16 |  | is | ||
| 10 Jun, 1941 | U-204 | Mercier | 7.886 |  | be | ||
| 19 Aug, 1941 | U-204 | HNoMS Bath (I 17) | 1.060 |  | nw | OG-71 | |
| 14 Oct, 1941 | U-204 | Aingeru Guardakoa | 300 |  | sp | ||
| 19 Oct, 1941 | U-204 | Inverlee | 9.158 |  | 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.