Karl-Heinz Herbschleb

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,176 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,771 GRT

Born	19 Oct 1910		Eisenach, Thüringen
Died	16 Feb 1955	(44)

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 Mar 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
		U-boat Front Clasp
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-21	19 May 1941	3 Jan 1942	No war patrols
U-354	22 Apr 1942	22 Feb 1944	7 patrols (242 days)

Karl-Heinz Herbschleb was a former merchant marine officer. He died of cancer (Rust, 2009).

Sources

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

Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Herbschleb

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-354	10 Oct 1942	Kiel	13 Oct 1942	Bergen		4 days
2.	U-354	17 Oct 1942	Bergen	20 Oct 1942	Skjomenfjord		4 days
3.	U-354	29 Oct 1942	Skjomenfjord	30 Nov 1942	Narvik	Patrol 1,	33 days
4.	U-354	19 Dec 1942	Narvik	15 Jan 1943	Narvik	Patrol 2,	28 days
5.	U-354	18 Jan 1943	Narvik	20 Jan 1943	Trondheim		3 days
6.	U-354	11 Mar 1943	Trondheim	4 Apr 1943	Narvik	Patrol 3,	25 days
7.	U-354	28 Apr 1943	Narvik	30 Apr 1943	Hammerfest		3 days
8.	U-354	9 May 1943	Hammerfest	12 Jun 1943	Narvik	Patrol 4,	35 days
9.	U-354	13 Jun 1943	Narvik	15 Jun 1943	Trondheim		3 days
10.	U-354	25 Jul 1943	Trondheim	27 Jul 1943	Skjomenfjord		3 days
11.	U-354	4 Aug 1943	Skjomenfjord	22 Sep 1943	Narvik	Patrol 5,	50 days
12.	U-354	22 Oct 1943	Narvik	23 Oct 1943	Tromsö	Patrol 6,	2 days
13.	U-354	25 Oct 1943	Tromsö	6 Dec 1943	Hammerfest	Patrol 6,	43 days
14.	U-354	7 Dec 1943	Hammerfest	1 Jan 1944	Narvik	Patrol 7,	26 days
15.	U-354	3 Jan 1944	Narvik	4 Jan 1944	Trondheim		2 days
7 patrols, 242 days at sea

Ships hit by Karl-Heinz Herbschleb

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons
4 Nov 1942	U-354	William Clark	7,176	am

27 Aug 1943	U-354	Petrovskij (d.)	3,771	sj
			10,947
1 ship sunk (7,176 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,771 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.