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Max-Martin Teichert

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
6 ships sunk for a total of 31,528 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 251 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 11,500 tons

Born	31 Jan 1915		Kiel
Died	12 May 1943	(28)	North Atlantic

Max-Martin Teichert

Ranks

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 Dec 1941	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

15 Dec 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
7 Jun 1941	Iron Cross 1st Class
7 Jun 1941	U-boat War Badge 1939
19 Dec 1943	Knights Cross (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-456	18 Sep 1941	12 May 1943 (+)	11 patrols (192 days)

Personal information

Max-Martin Teichert began his naval career in April 1934. He served on the torpedo boat Iltis and from March 1939 on the destroyer Friedrich Ihn, making 22 patrols on the destroyer in the first months of the war. In June 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force and after six months became I WO on the Type VIIC U-boat U-94, on which he served for two patrols.

In September 1941 he commissioned U-456 and then completed ten patrols during 1942 in the Arctic Sea. On his especially successful fifth patrol he heavily damaged the British cruiser HMS Edinburgh (10,000 tons), which sank some days later.

In December 1942, U-456 was assigned to the 1st Flotilla and thenceforth operated in the Atlantic. Max-Martin Teichert was killed when U-456 was lost with all hands on 12 May, 1943.

Patrol info for Max-Martin Teichert

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-456	31 Jan 1942	Kiel	15 Feb 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol 1,	16 days
2.	U-456	24 Feb 1942	Kirkenes	22 Mar 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol 2,	27 days
3.	U-456	29 Mar 1942	Kirkenes	2 Apr 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol 3,	5 days
4.	U-456	7 Apr 1942	Kirkenes	20 Apr 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol 4,	14 days
5.	U-456	29 Apr 1942	Kirkenes	4 May 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol 5,	6 days
6.	U-456	7 May 1942	Kirkenes	12 May 1942	Bergen	Patrol 6,	6 days
7.	U-456	25 Jun 1942	Bergen	6 Jul 1942	Neidenfjord	Patrol 7,	12 days
8.	U-456	4 Aug 1942	Neidenfjord	10 Aug 1942	Neidenfjord	Patrol 8,	7 days
9.	U-456	15 Aug 1942	Neidenfjord	19 Sep 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol 9,	36 days
10.	U-456	21 Sep 1942	Kirkenes	27 Sep 1942	Trondheim		7 days
11.	U-456	23 Nov 1942	Trondheim	4 Dec 1942	Bergen		12 days
12.	U-456	14 Jan 1943	Bergen	26 Feb 1943	Brest	Patrol 10,	44 days
13.	U-456	24 Apr 1943	Brest	12 May 1943	Sunk	Patrol 11,	19 days
11 patrols, 192 days at sea

Ships hit by Max-Martin Teichert

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
30 Mar, 1942	U-456	HMS Sulla (FY 1874)	251		br	PQ-13
30 Apr, 1942	U-456	HMS Edinburgh (16)	11,500		br	QP-11	damaged
5 Jul, 1942	U-456	Honomu	6,977		am	PQ-17
22 Aug, 1942	U-456	Chaika	80		sj

2 Feb, 1943	U-456	Jeremiah Van Rensselaer	7,177		am	HX-224
3 Feb, 1943	U-456	Inverilen	9,456		br	HX-224
23 Feb, 1943	U-456	Kyleclare	700		ir
11 May, 1943	U-456	Fort Concord	7,138		br	HX-237
			43,279
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.