The Men - U-boat Commanders

Gerhard Palmgren

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

Successes
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,625 tons

Born	11 Nov 1919		Kassel
Died	15 Aug 1944	(24)	English Channel

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Ranks

1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-741	10 Apr 1943	15 Aug 1944 (+)	5 patrols (164 days)

Oblt. Gerhard Palmgren (b. 1919) was the son of Oblt. Karl Palmgren (b. 1891) who commanded the WWI U-boat UC 76 in 1918.

Patrol info for Gerhard Palmgren

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-741	25 Nov 1943	Kiel	27 Jan 1944	Brest	Patrol 1,	64 days
2.	U-741	29 Feb 1944	Brest	3 May 1944	Brest	Patrol 2,	65 days
3.	U-741	19 Jun 1944	Brest	29 Jun 1944	Brest	Patrol 3,	11 days
4.	U-741	5 Jul 1944	Brest	15 Jul 1944	Le Havre	Patrol 4,	11 days
5.	U-741	3 Aug 1944	Le Havre	15 Aug 1944	Sunk	Patrol 5,	13 days
5 patrols, 164 days at sea

Ships hit by Gerhard Palmgren

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

15 Aug 1944

HMS LST-404 (t.)

1,625

br

1,625

1 ship sunk (1,625 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

Media links

U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)

German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders

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