| Born | 19 Jun 1916 | Engelsdorf, Saxony | |
| Died | 4 Dec 2004 | (88) |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-776 | 13 Apr 1944 | 16 May 1945 | 1 patrol (56 days) |
Personal information
Upon surrendering his U-776 at Weymouth on 12 May 1945 Martin became a POW. On 18 May 1948 he was among the last U-boat men to be released.
From 1 May 1965 Martin served again in the German navy and retired in 1970 as Fregattenkapitän a.D.
Patrol info for Lothar Martin
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-776 | 12 Mar 1945 | Kiel | 18 Mar 1945 | Horten | 7 days | ||
| 2. | U-776 | 22 Mar 1945 | Horten | 16 May 1945 | Portland, UK | Patrol 1, | 56 days | |
Ships hit by Lothar Martin
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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.