Ottokar Arnold Paulshen
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)
| Successes 6 ships sunk for a total of 31.729 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 5.220 tons |
| Born | 11 Oct, 1915 | Berlin-Charlottenburg |
| Died | 16 Dec, 1941 | Mediterranean |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-20 | 8 Jun, 1940 | - | 5 Jan, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-557 | 13 Feb, 1941 | - | 16 Dec, 1941 (+) | 4 patrols (117 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-557 | 13 May, 1941 | Kiel | 10 Jul, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 59 days |
| 2. | U-557 | 13 Aug, 1941 | Lorient | 15 Aug, 1941 | Lorient | 3 days | |
| 3. | U-557 | 20 Aug, 1941 | Lorient | 19 Sep, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 31 days |
| 4. | U-557 | 19 Nov, 1941 | Lorient | 7 Dec, 1941 | Messina | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 5. | U-557 | 9 Dec, 1941 | Messina | 16 Dec, 1941 | Sunk | Patrol, | 8 days |
| 4 patrols, 117 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Ottokar Arnold Paulshen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 29 May, 1941 | U-557 | Empire Storm | 7.290 |  | br | HX-128 | |
| 27 Aug, 1941 | U-557 | Embassage | 4.954 | | br | OS-4 | |
| 27 Aug, 1941 | U-557 | Saugor | 6.303 | | br | OS-4 | |
| 27 Aug, 1941 | U-557 | Segundo | 4.414 |  | nw | OS-4 | |
| 27 Aug, 1941 | U-557 | Tremoda | 4.736 | | br | OS-4 | |
| 2 Dec, 1941 | U-557 | Fjord | 4.032 | | nw | ||
| 15 Dec, 1941 | U-557 | HMS Galatea (71) | 5.220 | | br | ||
| 36.949 | |||||||
* 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.