Werner von Schmidt
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 26)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 4,284 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7,093 GRT |
| Born | 17 Apr 1906 | Görlitz | |
| Died | 2 Aug 1978 | (72) |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-9 | 30 Sep 1935 | 1 Oct 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-12 | 30 Sep 1935 | 1 Oct 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-15 | 30 Sep 1935 | 1 Oct 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-25 | 3 Jan 1938 | 12 Dec 1938 | No war patrols |
| U-40 | 11 Feb 1939 | 20 Sep 1939 | 1 patrol (31 days) |
| U-116 | 26 Jul 1941 | 10 Sep 1942 | 3 patrols (94 days) |
Patrol info for Werner von Schmidt
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-40 | 19 Aug 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 18 Sep 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 31 days | |
| 2. | U-116 | 4 Apr 1942 | Kiel | 5 Apr 1942 | Helgoland | 2 days | ||
| 3. | U-116 | 11 Apr 1942 | Helgoland | 15 Apr 1942 | Bergen | 5 days | ||
| 4. | U-116 | 25 Apr 1942 | Bergen | 5 May 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 11 days | |
| 5. | U-116 | 16 May 1942 | Lorient | 9 Jun 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 25 days | |
| 6. | U-116 | 27 Jun 1942 | Lorient | 23 Aug 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 58 days | |
| 4 patrols, 125 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Werner von Schmidt
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 1942 | U-116 | Cortona (d.) | 7,093 |  | br | OS-33 | |
| 12 Jul 1942 | U-116 |  | Shaftesbury | 4,284 | | br | OS-33 |
| 11,377 | |||||||
1 ship sunk (4,284 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,093 tons). Legend | |||||||
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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.