Victor Vogel
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)
| Successes 7 ships sunk for a total of 31,492 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7,460 GRT |
| Born | 22 Nov 1912 | Tübingen | |
| Died | 31 Jul 1942 | (29) | Central North Atlantic |
|
|
Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-588 | 18 Sep 1941 | 31 Jul 1942 (+) | 4 patrols (130 days) |
Patrol info for Victor Vogel
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-588 | 8 Jan 1942 | Kiel | 30 Jan 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 23 days | |
| 2. | U-588 | 12 Feb 1942 | Lorient | 27 Mar 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 44 days | |
| 3. | U-588 | 19 Apr 1942 | St. Nazaire | 7 Jun 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 50 days | |
| 4. | U-588 | 19 Jul 1942 | St. Nazaire | 31 Jul 1942 | Sunk | Patrol 4, | 13 days | |
| 4 patrols, 130 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Victor Vogel
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 1942 | U-588 | Caledonian Monarch | 5,851 |  | br | SC-63 | |
| 1 Mar 1942 | U-588 |  | Carperby | 4,890 | | br | ON-66 |
| 10 Mar 1942 | U-588 | | Gulftrade | 6,776 |  | am | |
| 9 May 1942 | U-588 | | Greylock (d.) | 7,460 | | am | |
| 10 May 1942 | U-588 | | Kitty´s Brook | 4,031 | | br | |
| 17 May 1942 | U-588 | Skottland | 2,117 |  | nw | ||
| 22 May 1942 | U-588 | Plow City | 3,282 | | am | ||
| 23 May 1942 | U-588 | | Margot | 4,545 | | br | |
| 38,952 | |||||||
7 ships sunk (31,492 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,460 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.