| Born | 30 Jun, 1914 | Lüderitz Bay, German South-West AFrica |
| Died | 6 Apr, 1944 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-302 | 26 Nov, 1942 | Kiel | 1 Dec, 1942 | Bergen | 6 days | |
| 2. | U-302 | 2 Jan, 1943 | Bergen | 6 Jan, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 5 days |
| 3. | U-302 | 10 Jan, 1943 | Narvik | 29 Jan, 1943 | Kaafjord | Patrol, | 20 days |
| 4. | U-302 | 2 Feb, 1943 | Kaafjord | 21 Feb, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 20 days |
| 5. | U-302 | 14 Mar, 1943 | Narvik | 15 Mar, 1943 | Narvik | 2 days | |
| 6. | U-302 | 17 Mar, 1943 | Narvik | 17 Apr, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 32 days |
| 7. | U-302 | 18 Apr, 1943 | Narvik | 20 Apr, 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 8. | U-302 | 29 May, 1943 | Trondheim | 1 Jun, 1943 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 4 days |
| 9. | U-302 | 9 Jun, 1943 | Hammerfest | 19 Jul, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 41 days |
| 10. | U-302 | 25 Jul, 1943 | Narvik | 25 Jul, 1943 | Skjomenford | Patrol, | 1 days |
| 11. | U-302 | 30 Jul, 1943 | Skjomenford | 25 Sep, 1943 | Trondheim | Patrol, | 58 days |
| 12. | U-302 | 6 Dec, 1943 | Trondheim | 30 Jan, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 56 days |
| 13. | U-302 | 11 Mar, 1944 | La Pallice | 6 Apr, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 10 patrols, 264 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Herbert Sickel
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 28 Aug, 1943 | U-302 | Dikson | 2.920 | | sj | ||
| 6 Apr, 1944 | U-302 | Ruth I | 3.531 | | nw | SC-156 | |
| 6 Apr, 1944 | U-302 | South America | 6.246 | | nw | SC-156 | |
| 12.697 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.
