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Friedrich Markworth

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
13 ships sunk for a total of 74.067 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 10.172 GRT
2 warships damaged for a total of 64 tons

Born

14 Feb, 1915

Wolfenbüttel

Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Markworth

Ranks

1 Jul, 1935	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1937	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1937	Leutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep, 1941	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

24 Apr, 1940	Iron Cross 2nd Class
13 Jul, 1941	U-boat War Badge 1939
10 Nov, 1942	Iron Cross 1st Class
8 Jul, 1943	Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-66

22 Jun, 1942

1 Sep, 1943

3 patrols (325 days)

Personal information

Friedrich Markworth began his naval career in April 1934. He served on the light cruiser Königsberg and the cruiser Blücher before transferring to the U-boat force in July 1940. He made two patrols on U-103 as I WO. In June 1942 he took over the very successful U-66, one of the five Drumbeat boats, from Korvkpt. Richard Zapp.

On his first patrol with U-66 he sank nine ships for a total of 48,896 tons, mostly in Caribbean waters. He also laid mines at Port Castries on Santa Lucia on 20 July, 1942, resulting in the sinking of three small Allied warships two weeks later.

During his third patrol Markworth was severely wounded when U-66 was attacked on 3 Aug, 1943 by aircraft from the US escort carrier USS Card. On 6 Aug, 1943 U-66 met the oil supply U-boat U-117 and U-117's WO Oblt. Frerks took command and brought U-66 back to base. U-177 herself was sunk while U-66 was at her side.

Kptlt. Markworth left the U-66 and in October 1943 became a training officer in the 23rd flotilla. In March 1945 he moved to the 25th flotilla.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-66	23 Jun, 1942	Lorient	29 Sep, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	99 days
2.	U-66	9 Nov, 1942	Lorient	11 Nov, 1942	Lorient		3 days
3.	U-66	6 Jan, 1943	Lorient	24 Mar, 1943	Lorient	Patrol	78 days
4.	U-66	7 Apr, 1943	Lorient	1 Sep, 1943	Lorient	Patrol	148 days

Ships hit by Friedrich Markworth

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
9 Jul, 1942	U-66	Triglav	6.363		yu
26 Jul, 1942	U-66	Tamandaré	4.942		bz
28 Jul, 1942	U-66	Weirbank	5.150		br
2 Aug, 1942	U-66	HMS MTB-339 [Mine]	32		br		damaged
2 Aug, 1942	U-66	HMS MTB-342 [Mine]	32		br		damaged
6 Aug, 1942	U-66	Rozewie	766		po
29 Aug, 1942	U-66	Topa Topa	5.356		am
30 Aug, 1942	U-66	Sir Huon	6.049		pa
30 Aug, 1942	U-66	West Lashaway	5.637		am
31 Aug, 1942	U-66	Winamac	8.621		br	TRIN-3
9 Sep, 1942	U-66	Peiping	6.390		sw

1 Feb, 1943	U-66	Joseph Elise	113		fr
27 Feb, 1943	U-66	St. Margaret	4.312		br	ON-165
10 Jun, 1943	U-66	Esso Gettysburg	10.173		am
2 Jul, 1943	U-66	Bloody Marsh	10.195		am
22 Jul, 1943	U-66	Cherry Valley	10.172		am		damaged
			84.303
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine.