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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, 1913Altenwald, Saarland
Died  19 Oct, 1941off Tangier

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Walter Kell
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Ranks

1 Apr, 1941Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-810 Jun, 1940 - 6 Jul, 1940  No war patrols 
U-813 Sep, 1940 - 17 Dec, 1940  No war patrols 
U-2048 Mar, 1941 - 19 Oct, 1941 (+)  3 patrols (97 days) 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture 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 BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
31 May, 1941 U-204Holmsteinn16 is 
10 Jun, 1941 U-204Mercier7.886 be 
19 Aug, 1941 U-204HNoMS Bath (I 17)1.060 nw OG-71 
14 Oct, 1941 U-204Aingeru Guardakoa300 sp 
19 Oct, 1941 U-204Inverlee9.158 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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