Herbert Opitz
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 3,283 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 925 tons |
| Born | 7 Mar 1915 | Magdeburg | |
| Died | 30 Nov 1941 | (26) | Bay of Biscay |
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Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-5 | 12 Aug 1940 | 27 Mar 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-206 | 17 May 1941 | 30 Nov 1941 (+) | 3 patrols (68 days) |
Patrol info for Herbert Opitz
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-206 | 5 Aug 1941 | Trondheim | 10 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 37 days | |
| 2. | U-206 | 30 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire | 28 Oct 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 29 days | |
| 3. | U-206 | 29 Nov 1941 | St. Nazaire | 30 Nov 1941 | Sunk | Patrol 3, | 2 days | |
| 3 patrols, 68 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Herbert Opitz
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 9 Aug 1941 | U-206 | Ocean Victor | 202 |  | br | ||
| 14 Oct 1941 | U-206 | HMS Fleur de Lys (K 122) | 925 | | br | OG-75 | |
| 19 Oct 1941 | U-206 | Baron Kelvin | 3,081 | | br | ||
| 4,208 | |||||||
3 ships sunk (4,208 tons). | |||||||
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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.