Kurt Lange
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 22)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 12.063 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 10.195 GRT |
| Born | 12 Aug, 1903 | Magdeburg |
| Died | 1995 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-530 | 20 Feb, 1943 | Kiel | 22 Apr, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 62 days |
| 2. | U-530 | 29 May, 1943 | Lorient | 3 Jul, 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol, | 36 days |
| 3. | U-530 | 21 Sep, 1943 | Bordeaux | 21 Sep, 1943 | La Pallice | 1 days | |
| 4. | U-530 | 27 Sep, 1943 | La Pallice | 29 Sep, 1943 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 5. | U-530 | 3 Oct, 1943 | La Pallice | 5 Oct, 1943 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 6. | U-530 | 17 Oct, 1943 | La Pallice | 22 Feb, 1944 | Lorient | Patrol, | 129 days |
| 7. | U-530 | 22 May, 1944 | Lorient | 4 Oct, 1944 | Flensburg | Patrol, | 136 days |
| 6 patrols, 369 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Kurt Lange
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 9 Mar, 1943 | U-530 | Milos | 3.058 | | sw | SC-121 | |
| 5 Apr, 1943 | U-530 | Sunoil | 9.005 | | am | HX-231 | |
| 26 Dec, 1943 | U-530 | Chapultepec | 10.195 | | am | damaged | |
| 22.258 | |||||||
* 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.
