Lorenz Kasch
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 20 Aug, 1914 | Hamburg |
| Died | 17 Oct, 1943 | Cape Farewell |
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Lorenz Kasch
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| 1 Dec, 1940 | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-333 | 9 Oct, 1942 | - | 22 Nov, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-540 | 10 Mar, 1943 | - | 17 Oct, 1943 (+) | 1 patrol (14 days) |
Personal information
On 9 Oct, 1942 Kasch took command of the very heavily damaged U-333 from Peter Cremer who has very seriously wounded from battle with HMS Crocus. Kasch was stationed on the U-107 and transferred over to the damaged boat with the intention of taking her home to France. (Blair, Clay. 1998. Hitler's U-boat War)
A day out of France on Oct 21 the surfaced boat was attacked by former German U-570, then operating as British HMS Graph, but alert crew managed to avert disaster.
Kasch, having successfully completed his mission, left the boat for Germany to take command of a new type IX boat - the U-540.
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
| 1. |
U-540
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11 Sep, 1943 | Kiel | 14 Sep, 1943 | Bergen | | 4 days |
| 2. |
U-540
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4 Oct, 1943 | Bergen | 17 Oct, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol | 14 days |
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