| Born | 30 Nov 1910 | Gruppenbühren | |
| Died | 9 Apr 1945 | (34) | Kattegat |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-804 | 4 Dec 1943 | 9 Apr 1945 (+) | 2 patrols (122 days) |
Patrol info for Herbert Meyer
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-804 | 12 Jun 1944 | Kiel | 17 Jun 1944 | Bergen | 6 days | ||
| 2. | U-804 | 19 Jun 1944 | Bergen | 12 Oct 1944 | Flensburg | Patrol 1, | 116 days | |
| 3. | U-804 | 17 Oct 1944 | Flensburg | 17 Oct 1944 | Kiel | 1 days | ||
| 4. | U-804 | 4 Apr 1945 | Kiel | 9 Apr 1945 | Sunk | Patrol 2, | 6 days | |
| 2 patrols, 122 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Herbert Meyer
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 2 Aug 1944 | U-804 |  | USS Fiske (DE 143) | 1,300 |  | am | |
| 1,300 | |||||||
1 ship sunk (1,300 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.