Rudolf Premauer

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)


Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 15,259 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 6,825 GRT

Born  8 May 1919 Stuttgart
Died  15 Apr 1945(25)off Boston, USA

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Rudolf Premauer
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Ranks

9 Oct 1937Offiziersanwärter
1 Apr 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-857 16 Sep 1943 15 Apr 1945  (+)  3 patrols (214 days) 

Patrol info for Rudolf Premauer


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-857 9 May 1944  Kiel  13 Aug 1944  Bordeaux  Patrol 1,97 days
2. U-857 25 Aug 1944  Bordeaux  11 Oct 1944  Flensburg  Patrol 2,48 days
3. U-857 17 Oct 1944  Flensburg  19 Oct 1944  Hamburg   3 days
4. U-857 1 Dec 1944  Hamburg  1 Dec 1944  Kiel   1 days
5. U-857 30 Jan 1945  Kiel  2 Feb 1945  Horten   4 days
6. U-857 6 Feb 1945  Horten  15 Apr 1945  Sunk  Patrol 3,69 days
3 patrols, 214 days at sea

Ships hit by Rudolf Premauer

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
14 Apr 1945U-857 Belgian Airman6,959be
18 Apr 1945U-857 Swiftscout8,300am
23 Apr 1945U-857 Katy (d.)6,825nw
 22,084

2 ships sunk (15,259 tons) and 1 ship damaged (6,825 tons).

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(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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.

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