Klaus Petersen
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 4 warships sunk, total tonnage 515 tons 1 warship damaged, total tonnage 412 tons 1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 7,886 GRT |
| Born | 13 Jan 1917 | Kiel |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-14 | 10 Feb 1942 | 30 Jun 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-24 | 14 Oct 1942 | 17 Nov 1942 | 1 patrol (14 days) |
| U-24 | 16 Apr 1943 | 7 Apr 1944 | 5 patrols (148 days) |
| U-9 | 7 Apr 1944 | Jun, 1944 | 1 patrol (33 days) |
Patrol info for Klaus Petersen
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-24 | 27 Oct 1942 | Konstanza | 9 Nov 1942 | Konstanza | Patrol 1, | 14 days | |
| 2. | U-24 | 5 Jun 1943 | Konstanza | 26 Jun 1943 | Feodosia | Patrol 2, | 22 days | |
| 3. | U-24 | 27 Jun 1943 | Feodosia | 29 Jun 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 2, | 3 days | |
| 4. | U-24 | 26 Jul 1943 | Konstanza | 25 Aug 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 3, | 31 days | |
| 5. | U-24 | 30 Sep 1943 | Konstanza | 18 Oct 1943 | Sevastopol | Patrol 4, | 19 days | |
| 6. | U-24 | 20 Oct 1943 | Sevastopol | 4 Nov 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 4, | 16 days | |
| 7. | U-24 | 15 Jan 1944 | Konstanza | 10 Feb 1944 | Konstanza | Patrol 5, | 27 days | |
| 8. | U-24 | 4 Mar 1944 | Konstanza | 2 Apr 1944 | Konstanza | Patrol 6, | 30 days | |
| 9. | U-9 | 26 Apr 1944 | Konstanza | 28 May 1944 | Konstanza | Patrol 7, | 33 days | |
| 7 patrols, 195 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Klaus Petersen
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 15 Jun 1943 | U-24 | BTSC-411 Zashchitnik (No 26) | 441 |  | sj | ||
| 30 Jul 1943 | U-24 | Emba (t.) | 7,886 | | sj | ||
| 22 Aug 1943 | U-24 | DB-36 | 9 | | sj | ||
| 22 Aug 1943 | U-24 | DB-37 | 9 | | sj | ||
| 31 Oct 1943 | U-24 | SKA-088 | 56 | | sj | ||
| 11 May 1944 | U-9 |  | Shtorm (d.) | 412 | | sj | |
| 8,813 | |||||||
5 ships sunk (8,401 tons) and 1 ship damaged (412 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.