| Born | 23 Oct 1913 | Flensburg | |
| Died | 17 Jan 1989 | (75) |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-10 | 10 Oct 1939 | 2 Jan 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-63 | 18 Jan 1940 | 25 Feb 1940 | 1 patrol (9 days) |
On Jan 3 1940 Günther Lorentz was assigned U-63, then being built at Deutsche Werke in Kiel. He officially took command on the 18th when the boat was commissioned.
Lorentz was taken as a prisoner of war after U-63 was sunk.
Patrol info for Günther Lorentz
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-63 | 17 Feb 1940 | Helgoland | 25 Feb 1940 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 9 days | |
Ships hit by Günther Lorentz
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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| 24 Feb 1940 | U-63 |  | Santos | 3,840 |  | sw | ||
| 3,840 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (3,840 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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