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The Men - The Commander listing

Klaus Ewerth

Kapitän zur See (Crew 25)

Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 21.699 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 530 tons

Born	28 Mar, 1907	Angerburg, East Prussia
Died	20 Dec, 1943	Central Atlantic

Ranks

1 Sep, 1943	Fregattenkapitän
1 Dec, 1943	Kapitän zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-1	29 Jun, 1935	-	30 Sep, 1936	No war patrols
U-35	3 Nov, 1936	-	5 Dec, 1936	No war patrols
U-36	16 Dec, 1936	-	31 Oct, 1938	No war patrols
U-26	Aug, 1939	-	3 Jan, 1940	2 patrols (74 days)
U-850	17 Apr, 1943	-	20 Dec, 1943 (+)	1 patrol (33 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-26	29 Aug, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	26 Sep, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	29 days
2.	U-26	22 Oct, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	5 Dec, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	45 days
3.	U-850	18 Nov, 1943	Kiel	20 Dec, 1943		Patrol	33 days

Ships hit by Klaus Ewerth

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
15 Sep, 1939	U-26	Alex van Opstal [Mine]	5.965		be
20 Sep, 1939	U-26	HMS Kittiwake (L 30) [Mine]	530		br		damaged
7 Oct, 1939	U-26	Binnendijk [Mine]	6.873		nl
13 Nov, 1939	U-26	Loire	4.285		fr
22 Nov, 1939	U-26	Elena R. [Mine]	4.576		gr
			22.229
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine.

Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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