Friedrich Markworth
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 13 ships sunk, total tonnage 74,067 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 10,172 GRT 2 warships damaged, total tonnage 64 tons |
| Born | 14 Feb 1915 | Wolfenbüttel | |
| Died | 13 Jan 1994 | (78) |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-66 | 22 Jun 1942 | 1 Sep 1943 | 3 patrols (325 days) |
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 for the wounded Markworth and brought U-66 back to base. U-117 herself was sunk while U-66 was at her side (Niestlé, 1998).
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.
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.
Patrol info for Friedrich Markworth
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-66 | 23 Jun 1942 | Lorient | 29 Sep 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 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 2, | 78 days | |
| 4. | U-66 | 7 Apr 1943 | Lorient | 1 Sep 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 148 days | |
| 3 patrols, 325 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Friedrich Markworth
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 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 (d.) [Mine] | 32 | | br | ||
| 2 Aug 1942 | U-66 | HMS MTB-342 (d.) [Mine] | 32 | | br | ||
| 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 (d.) | 10,172 | | am | ||
| 84,303 | |||||||
13 ships sunk (74,067 tons) and 3 ships damaged (10,236 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.