Albrecht Achilles
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)
| Successes 12 ships sunk for a total of 60.107 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.130 tons 5 ships damaged for a total of 35.672 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 5.450 tons 1 ship a total loss for a total of 3.305 GRT |
| Born | 25 Jan, 1914 | Karlsruhe |
| Died | 27 Sep, 1943 | Bahia, Brazil |
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Personal information
 Kptlt. Albrecht Achilles after a patrol |
Albrecht Achilles began his naval career in April 1934. He then served on the school ship Schleswig-Holstein and on the battleship Gneisenau. After a year at the Marineschule Mürwik instructing future officers, he transferred to the U-boat force in April 1940.
After the usual training he made three patrols on U-66 under Korvkpt. Richard Zapp. He left the boat in November 1941 and in January 1942 took command of the IXC boat U-161. He operated mostly in the Caribbean, but also in Brazilian and African waters. In March 1942 he sank the US Coast Guard ship Acacia and in October of that year damaged the British light cruiser Phoebe (5,450 tons).
Albrecht Achilles died when U-161 was sunk with all hands in September 1943 by a US Mariner aircraft northeast of Bahia.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-161 | 3 Jan, 1942 | Kiel | 15 Jan, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 13 days |
| 2. | U-161 | 24 Jan, 1942 | Lorient | 2 Apr, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 69 days |
| 3. | U-161 | 28 Apr, 1942 | Lorient | 7 Aug, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 102 days |
| 4. | U-161 | 19 Sep, 1942 | Lorient | 9 Jan, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 113 days |
| 5. | U-161 | 13 Mar, 1943 | Lorient | 7 Jun, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 87 days |
| 6. | U-161 | 8 Aug, 1943 | Lorient | 27 Sep, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol | 51 days |
Ships hit by Albrecht Achilles
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 19 Feb, 1942 | U-161 | British Consul | 6.940 |  | br | damaged | |
| 19 Feb, 1942 | U-161 | Mokihana | 7.460 |  | am | damaged | |
| 21 Feb, 1942 | U-161 | Circe Shell | 8.207 | | br | ON-60 | |
| 23 Feb, 1942 | U-161 | Lihue | 7.001 | | am | ||
| 7 Mar, 1942 | U-161 | Uniwaleco | 9.755 |  | sa | ||
| 10 Mar, 1942 | U-161 | Lady Nelson | 7.970 |  | ca | damaged | |
| 10 Mar, 1942 | U-161 | Umtata | 8.141 | | br | damaged | |
| 14 Mar, 1942 | U-161 | Sarniadoc | 1.940 | | ca | ||
| 15 Mar, 1942 | U-161 | USS Acacia (WAGL 200) | 1.130 | | am | ||
| 16 Jun, 1942 | U-161 | Nueva Altagracia | 30 |  | do | ||
| 3 Jul, 1942 | U-161 | San Pablo | 3.305 |  | pa | total loss | |
| 16 Jul, 1942 | U-161 | Fairport | 6.165 | | am | AS-4 | |
| 23 Oct, 1942 | U-161 | HMS Phoebe (43) | 5.450 | | br | damaged | |
| 8 Nov, 1942 | U-161 | Benalder | 5.161 | | br | ST-40 | damaged |
| 8 Nov, 1942 | U-161 | West Humhaw | 5.527 | | am | ST-40 | |
| 29 Nov, 1942 | U-161 | Tjileboet | 5.760 |  | nl | ON-145 | |
| 12 Dec, 1942 | U-161 | Ripley | 4.997 | | br | ||
| 19 May, 1943 | U-161 | Angelus | 255 | | ca | ||
| 20 Sep, 1943 | U-161 | St. Usk | 5.472 | | br | ||
| 26 Sep, 1943 | U-161 | Itapagé | 4.998 |  | bz | ||
| 105.664 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.