Gerhard Meyer
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 35)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 17.651 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.085 tons 1 warship a total loss for a total of 1.085 tons |
| Born | 15 Apr, 1915 | Kiel |
| Died | 12 Apr, 1945 | Norwegian Sea |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-486 | 6 Nov, 1944 | Kiel | 9 Nov, 1944 | Horten | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-486 | 17 Nov, 1944 | Horten | 20 Nov, 1944 | Egersund | 4 days | |
| 3. | U-486 | 26 Nov, 1944 | Egersund | 15 Jan, 1945 | Bergen | Patrol, | 51 days |
| 4. | U-486 | 9 Apr, 1945 | Bergen | 12 Apr, 1945 | Sunk | Patrol, | 4 days |
| 2 patrols, 55 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Gerhard Meyer
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 18 Dec, 1944 | U-486 | Silverlaurel | 6.142 |  | br | BTC-10 | |
| 24 Dec, 1944 | U-486 | Leopoldville | 11.509 |  | be | WEP-3 | |
| 26 Dec, 1944 | U-486 | HMS Affleck (K 462) | 1.085 | | br | total loss | |
| 26 Dec, 1944 | U-486 | HMS Capel (K 470) | 1.085 | | br | ||
| 19.821 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Books dealing with this subject include: A Night before Christmas, Sanders, Jacquin, 1996 |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.