Harald Grosse
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 25)
| Successes 5 ships sunk for a total of 13.298 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 8.022 GRT |
| Born | 17 Nov, 1906 | Mainz |
| Died | 23 Feb, 1940 | west of Orkneys |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-8 | 13 Aug, 1935 | - | 3 Nov, 1936 | No war patrols |
| U-34 | 4 Nov, 1936 | - | 22 Dec, 1936 | No war patrols |
| U-22 | 23 Dec, 1936 | - | 4 Oct, 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-53 | 15 Jan, 1940 | - | 23 Feb, 1940 (+) | 1 patrol (22 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-53 | 2 Feb, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 23 Feb, 1940 | Sunk | Patrol, | 22 days |
Ships hit by Harald Grosse
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 11 Feb, 1940 | U-53 | Imperial Transport | 8.022 |  | br | damaged | |
| 11 Feb, 1940 | U-53 | Snestad | 4.114 |  | nw | ||
| 12 Feb, 1940 | U-53 | Dalarö | 3.927 |  | sw | ||
| 13 Feb, 1940 | U-53 | Norna | 1.022 | | sw | ||
| 14 Feb, 1940 | U-53 | Martin Goldschmidt | 2.095 |  | da | ||
| 18 Feb, 1940 | U-53 | Banderas | 2.140 |  | sp | ||
| 21.320 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Books dealing with this subject include: Die deutschen Hilfskreuzer im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Brennecke, Jochen, 1991 |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.