Georg-Werner Fraatz
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 35)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 8.152 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 558 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 2.740 tons 2 ships damaged for a total of 9.918 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 10.917 GRT |
| Born | 30 Mar, 1917 | Hamelin |
| Died | 12 Feb, 1943 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-652 | 3 Apr, 1941 | - | 2 Jun, 1942 | 8 patrols (139 days) |
| U-529 | 30 Sep, 1942 | - | 12 Feb, 1943 (+) | 1 patrol (14 days) |
Personal information
Missing, official date of death was Feb 15, 1943.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-652 | 19 Jun, 1941 | Kiel | 20 Jun, 1941 | Horten | 2 days | |
| 2. | U-652 | 29 Jun, 1941 | Horten | 3 Jul, 1941 | Trondheim | 5 days | |
| 3. | U-652 | 17 Jul, 1941 | Trondheim | 22 Jul, 1941 | Bökfjord | 6 days | |
| 4. | U-652 | 23 Jul, 1941 | Bökfjord | 7 Aug, 1941 | Kirkenes | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 5. | U-652 | 9 Aug, 1941 | Kirkenes | 13 Aug, 1941 | Trondheim | 5 days | |
| 6. | U-652 | 23 Aug, 1941 | Trondheim | 18 Sep, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 7. | U-652 | 1 Nov, 1941 | Lorient | 12 Dec, 1941 | Messina | Patrol, | 42 days |
| 8. | U-652 | 14 Dec, 1941 | Messina | 1 Jan, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 9. | U-652 | 5 Feb, 1942 | La Spezia | 16 Feb, 1942 | Salamis | 12 days | |
| 10. | U-652 | 21 Feb, 1942 | Salamis | 1 Mar, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 11. | U-652 | 12 Mar, 1942 | Salamis | 14 Mar, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 12. | U-652 | 18 Mar, 1942 | Salamis | 31 Mar, 1942 | Pola | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 13. | U-652 | 25 May, 1942 | Pola | 2 Jun, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 14. | U-529 | 30 Jan, 1943 | Kiel | 12 Feb, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 9 patrols, 153 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Georg-Werner Fraatz
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 6 Aug, 1941 | U-652 | PS-70 | 558 |  | sj | ||
| 26 Aug, 1941 | U-652 | HMS Southern Prince | 10.917 |  | br | damaged | |
| 10 Sep, 1941 | U-652 | Baron Pentland | 3.410 | | br | SC-42 | damaged |
| 10 Sep, 1941 | U-652 | Tahchee | 6.508 | | br | SC-42 | damaged |
| 9 Dec, 1941 | U-652 | Saint Denis | 1.595 |  | fr | ||
| 19 Dec, 1941 | U-652 | Varlaam Avanesov | 6.557 | | sj | ||
| 20 Mar, 1942 | U-652 | HMS Heythrop (L 85) | 1.050 | | br | ||
| 26 Mar, 1942 | U-652 | HMS Jaguar (F 34) | 1.690 | | br | ||
| 32.285 | |||||||
* 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.