Rudolf Premauer
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 15.259 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 6.825 GRT |
| Born | 8 May, 1919 | Stuttgart |
| Died | 15 Apr, 1945 | off Boston, USA |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-857 | 9 May, 1944 | Kiel | 13 Aug, 1944 | Bordeaux | Patrol, | 97 days |
| 2. | U-857 | 25 Aug, 1944 | Bordeaux | 11 Oct, 1944 | Flensburg | Patrol, | 48 days |
| 3. | U-857 | 17 Oct, 1944 | Flensburg | 19 Oct, 1944 | Hamburg | 3 days | |
| 4. | U-857 | 1 Dec, 1944 | Hamburg | 1 Dec, 1944 | Kiel | 1 days | |
| 5. | U-857 | 30 Jan, 1945 | Kiel | 2 Feb, 1945 | Horten | 4 days | |
| 6. | U-857 | 6 Feb, 1945 | Horten | 15 Apr, 1945 | Sunk | Patrol, | 69 days |
| 3 patrols, 214 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Rudolf Premauer
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 14 Apr, 1945 | U-857 | Belgian Airman | 6.959 |  | be | ||
| 18 Apr, 1945 | U-857 | Swiftscout | 8.300 |  | am | ||
| 23 Apr, 1945 | U-857 | Katy | 6.825 |  | nw | damaged | |
| 22.084 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.