Peter Matthes
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 9 Jan 1918 | | Probstheida, Saxony |
| Died | 25 Apr 1945 | (27) | Bay of Biscay |
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Peter Matthes
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| 9 Oct 1937 | Offiziersanwärter | | 1 Apr 1939 | Fähnrich zur See | | 1 Mar 1940 | Oberfähnrich zur See | | 1 May 1940 | Leutnant zur See | | 1 Apr 1942 | Oberleutnant zur See | | 1 Jan 1945 | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-326 | 6 Jun 1944 | 25 Apr 1945 (+) | 1 patrol (29 days) |
Personal information
Missing, official date of death is listed as 15 June 1945.
Peter Matthes was killed when his boat, U-326, was sunk on 25 April, 1945 in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest in position 48.12N, 05.42W by a homing torpedo from an American Liberator aircraft (VPB-103/K). 43 dead (all hands lost).
Patrol info for Peter Matthes
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
| 1. |
U-326 |
23 Feb 1945 | Kiel |
25 Feb 1945 | Horten |
| 3 days | |
| 2. |
U-326 |
4 Mar 1945 | Horten |
10 Mar 1945 | Stavanger |
| 7 days | |
| 3. |
U-326 |
14 Mar 1945 | Stavanger |
22 Mar 1945 | Bergen |
| 9 days | |
| 4. |
U-326 |
28 Mar 1945 | Bergen |
25 Apr 1945 | Sunk |
Patrol 1, | 29 days | |
Ships hit by Peter Matthes
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.
