Wilhelm Kleinschmidt
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 24.176 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 13.037 GRT |
| Born | 27 Jan, 1907 | Oldenburg |
| Died | 4 Oct, 1941 | south-west of Tenerife |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-111 | 5 May, 1941 | Wilhelmshaven | 7 Jul, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 64 days |
| 2. | U-111 | 14 Aug, 1941 | Lorient | 4 Oct, 1941 | Sunk | Patrol, | 52 days |
| 2 patrols, 116 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Wilhelm Kleinschmidt
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 13 May, 1941 | U-111 | Somersby | 5.170 | | br | SC-30 | |
| 20 May, 1941 | U-111 | San Felix | 13.037 | | br | OB-322 | damaged |
| 22 May, 1941 | U-111 | Barnby | 4.813 | | br | HX-126 | |
| 10 Sep, 1941 | U-111 | Marken | 5.719 | | nl | ||
| 20 Sep, 1941 | U-111 | Cingalese Prince | 8.474 | | br | ||
| 37.213 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

