Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 21,302 GRT

Born	28 Feb 1904		Kolberg
Died	16 Apr 1956	(52)	Lübeck, Germany

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
1940		Destroyer War Badge
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-135	16 Aug 1941	Nov, 1942	4 patrols (208 days)

After the war Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius became a captain in the Merchant Navy. (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-135	24 Dec 1941	Kiel	31 Jan 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	39 days
2.	U-135	22 Feb 1942	St. Nazaire	3 Apr 1942	Brest	Patrol 2,	41 days
3.	U-135	26 Apr 1942	Brest	5 Jul 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	71 days
4.	U-135	8 Aug 1942	St. Nazaire	3 Oct 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	57 days
4 patrols, 208 days at sea

Ships hit by Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
22 Jan 1942	U-135	Gandia	9,626	be	ON-56
17 May 1942	U-135	Fort Qu´Appelle	7,127	br
8 Jun 1942	U-135	Pleasantville	4,549	nw
			21,302
3 ships sunk (21,302 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.