Albert Kneip
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)
| Successes 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,134 GRT 1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,370 tons |
| Born | 9 Jul 1921 | Blankenese, Hamburg | |
| Died | 13 Oct 1991 | (70) |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-1223 | Mar, 1944 | 28 Apr 1945 | 1 patrol (119 days) |
Patrol info for Albert Kneip
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-1223 | 6 Aug 1944 | Kiel | 8 Aug 1944 | Horten | 3 days | ||
| 2. | U-1223 | 14 Aug 1944 | Horten | 17 Aug 1944 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
| 3. | U-1223 | 28 Aug 1944 | Bergen | 24 Dec 1944 | Kristiansand | Patrol 1, | 119 days | |
Ships hit by Albert Kneip
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 14 Oct 1944 | U-1223 |  | HMCS Magog (K 673) (t.) | 1,370 |  | ca | ONS-33G |
| 2 Nov 1944 | U-1223 | Fort Thompson (d.) | 7,134 |  | br | ||
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1 ship sunk (1,370 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,134 tons). Legend | |||||||
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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