Friedrich Petran

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	6 Dec 1919		Kassel
Died	21 Nov 1981	(61)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-516	Dec, 1944	14 May 1945	1 patrol (40 days)

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Friedrich Petran

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-516	24 Mar 1945	Kiel	27 Mar 1945	Horten		4 days
2.	U-516	1 Apr 1945	Horten	3 Apr 1945	Kristiansand		3 days
3.	U-516	5 Apr 1945	Kristiansand	14 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	Patrol 1,	40 days

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.