Otto Harms

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)


Successes
1 ship sunk for a total of 5,408 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 16,923 GRT

Born  22 Apr 1909 Stralsund
Died  25 Feb 1980(70)

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Otto Harms
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Ranks

1 Apr 1933Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1934Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1941Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-6 27 Nov 1939 17 Jan 1940   No war patrols 
U-56 22 Jan 1940 13 Oct 1940   7 patrols (149 days) 
U-121 Oct, 1940 5 Nov 1940   No war patrols 
U-464 30 Apr 1942 20 Aug 1942   1 patrol (7 days) 

Patrol info for Otto Harms


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-56 27 Jan 1940  Kiel  17 Feb 1940  Wilhelmshaven  Patrol 1,22 days
2. U-56 4 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven  5 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven   2 days
3. U-56 14 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven  20 Mar 1940  Wilhelmshaven  Patrol 2,7 days
4. U-56 4 Apr 1940  Wilhelmshaven  26 Apr 1940  Kiel  Patrol 3,23 days
5. U-56 21 May 1940  Kiel  14 Jun 1940  Wilhelmshaven  Patrol 4,25 days
6. U-56 29 Jun 1940  Wilhelmshaven  21 Jul 1940  Lorient  Patrol 5,23 days
7. U-56 25 Jul 1940  Lorient  14 Aug 1940  Lorient  Patrol 6,21 days
8. U-56 19 Aug 1940  Lorient  15 Sep 1940  Kiel  Patrol 7,28 days
9. U-464 4 Aug 1942  Kiel  9 Aug 1942  Bergen   6 days
10. U-464 14 Aug 1942  Bergen  20 Aug 1942  Sunk  Patrol 8,7 days
8 patrols, 156 days at sea

Ships hit by Otto Harms

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
5 Aug 1940U-56 Boma5,408brOB-193
10 Aug 1940U-56 HMS Transylvania (F 56)16,923br
 22,331

2 ships sunk (22,331 tons).

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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.

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