Dietrich Knorr
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 31)
| Successes 5 ships sunk for a total of 26,296 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 4,724 GRT |
| Born | 13 Feb 1912 | Dessau | |
| Died | 20 Aug 1940 | (28) | Bay of Biscay |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-53 | 24 Jun 1939 | Aug, 1939 | No war patrols |
| U-51 | 15 Jan 1940 | 20 Aug 1940 (+) | 4 patrols (108 days) |
Patrol info for Dietrich Knorr
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-51 | 17 Jan 1940 | Kiel | 8 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 23 days | |
| 2. | U-51 | 11 Mar 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 22 Apr 1940 | Kiel | Patrol 2, | 43 days | |
| 3. | U-51 | 6 Jun 1940 | Kiel | 5 Jul 1940 | Kiel | Patrol 3, | 30 days | |
| 4. | U-51 | 9 Aug 1940 | Kiel | 20 Aug 1940 | Sunk | Patrol 4, | 12 days | |
| 4 patrols, 108 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Dietrich Knorr
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 1940 | U-51 |  | Gothia | 1,640 |  | sw | |
| 29 Jan 1940 | U-51 | Eika | 1,503 |  | nw | ||
| 25 Jun 1940 | U-51 | | Saranac | 12,049 |  | br | OA-172 |
| 25 Jun 1940 | U-51 | | Windsorwood | 5,395 | | br | OA-172 |
| 29 Jun 1940 | U-51 | | HMS Edgehill (X 39) | 4,724 | | br | |
| 15 Aug 1940 | U-51 | | Sylvafield | 5,709 | | br | HX-62 |
| 31,020 | |||||||
6 ships sunk (31,020 tons). Legend | |||||||
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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.