| Born | 25 Jul, 1908 | Attendorn, Westphalia |
| Died | 22 Jun, 1991 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-10 | 4 Apr, 1938 | - | 31 Jul, 1938 | No war patrols |
| U-46 | 2 Nov, 1938 | - | 21 May, 1940 | 5 patrols (133 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-46 | 19 Aug, 1939 | Kiel | 15 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 28 days |
| 2. | U-46 | 3 Oct, 1939 | Kiel | 7 Nov, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 36 days |
| 3. | U-46 | 19 Dec, 1939 | Kiel | 10 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 23 days |
| 4. | U-46 | 29 Feb, 1940 | Kiel | 1 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 2 days |
| 5. | U-46 | 11 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 23 Apr, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 44 days |
| 5 patrols, 133 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Herbert Sohler
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 17 Oct, 1939 | U-46 | City of Mandalay | 7.028 |  | br | HG-3 | |
| 21 Dec, 1939 | U-46 | Rudolf | 924 |  | nw | ||
| 7.952 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.