Harro Schacht
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 26)
| Successes 19 ships sunk for a total of 77,143 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 6,561 GRT |
| Born | 15 Dec 1907 | Cuxhaven | |
| Died | 13 Jan 1943 | (35) | South Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-507 | 8 Oct 1941 | 13 Jan 1943 (+) | 4 patrols (227 days) |
Personal information
 Korvettenkapitän Harro Schacht |
Harro Schacht began his naval career, like Merten, von Stockhausen, and Rollmann, in April 1926. He served some years on the light cruisers Emden and Nürnberg, and in 1937 took a staff position in the OKM.
In June 1941 he joined the U-boat force and after the usual training he made a short patrol on the "Red Devil Boat" U-552 under Erich Topp as commander-in-training. In October 1941 he commissioned the Type IXC U-boat U-507. During his third patrol in the South Atlantic in August 1942, Schacht sank six Brazilian ships outside Brazilian territorial waters. The Brazilian government used these sinkings as a reason to declare war on Germany. A month later U-507 took part in the rescue operations during the Laconia incident.
Harro Schacht was killed when U-507 was sunk with all hands on 13 January, 1943 in the South Atlantic by bombs from a US Catalina aircraft.
Patrol info for Harro Schacht
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-507 | 7 Mar 1942 | Hamburg | 8 Mar 1942 | Helgoland | 2 days | ||
| 2. | U-507 | 12 Mar 1942 | Helgoland | 25 Mar 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 14 days | |
| 3. | U-507 | 4 Apr 1942 | Lorient | 4 Jun 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 62 days | |
| 4. | U-507 | 4 Jul 1942 | Lorient | 12 Oct 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 101 days | |
| 5. | U-507 | 24 Nov 1942 | Lorient | 26 Nov 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 3 days | |
| 6. | U-507 | 28 Nov 1942 | Lorient | 13 Jan 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 4, | 47 days | |
| 4 patrols, 227 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Harro Schacht
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 30 Apr, 1942 | U-507 | Federal | 2,881 |  | am | ||
| 4 May, 1942 | U-507 | Norlindo | 2,686 | | am | ||
| 5 May, 1942 | U-507 | Joseph M. Cudahy | 6,950 | | am | ||
| 5 May, 1942 | U-507 | Munger T. Ball | 5,104 | | am | ||
| 6 May, 1942 | U-507 | Alcoa Puritan | 6,759 | | am | ||
| 7 May, 1942 | U-507 | Ontario | 3,099 |  | ho | ||
| 8 May, 1942 | U-507 | Torny | 2,424 |  | nw | ||
| 12 May, 1942 | U-507 | Virginia | 10,731 | | am | ||
| 13 May, 1942 | U-507 | Gulfprince | 6,561 | | am | damaged | |
| 16 May, 1942 | U-507 | Amapala | 4,148 | | ho | ||
| 16 Aug, 1942 | U-507 | Annibal Benévolo | 1,905 |  | bz | ||
| 16 Aug, 1942 | U-507 | Araraquara | 4,872 | | bz | ||
| 16 Aug, 1942 | U-507 | Baependy | 4,801 | | bz | ||
| 17 Aug, 1942 | U-507 | Arará | 1,075 | | bz | ||
| 17 Aug, 1942 | U-507 | Itagiba | 2,169 | | bz | ||
| 19 Aug, 1942 | U-507 | Jacyra | 89 | | bz | ||
| 22 Aug, 1942 | U-507 | Hammaren | 3,220 |  | sw | OS-36 | |
| 27 Dec, 1942 | U-507 | Oakbank | 5,154 |  | br | ||
| 3 Jan, 1943 | U-507 | Baron Dechmont | 3,675 | | br | ||
| 8 Jan, 1943 | U-507 | Yorkwood | 5,401 | | br | ||
| 83,704 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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