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Reinhard Suhren

Fregattenkapitän (Crew 35)

Successes 18 ships sunk, total tonnage 95,544 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 900 tons 4 ships damaged, total tonnage 28,907 GRT

Reinhard Suhren began his U-boat career in March 1938 with the usual training. Then he spent a year as I WO on the most successful U-boat, U-48, where he received the Knights Cross. In April 1941 he took command of U-564, and in August 1941 he sank the British corvette HMS Zinnia (Rohwer, 1998).

In October 1942 he left the boat and became an instructor in the 2nd ULD. Later he served in the 27th U-boat flotilla along with Korvettenkapitän Erich Topp.

During the last year of the war Fregattenkapitän Suhren was the FdU Nordwegen (Commander in Chief of U-boats in Norwegian waters) and from September 1944 the FdU Nordmeer.

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

Date	U-boat	Commander		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
27 Jun 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Maasdam	8,812		nl	HX-133
27 Jun 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Malaya II	8,651		br	HX-133
27 Jun 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Kongsgaard (d.)	9,467		nw	HX-133
29 Jun 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Hekla	1,215		is
22 Aug 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Clonlara	1,203		ir	OG-71
22 Aug 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Empire Oak	484		br	OG-71
23 Aug 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		HMS Zinnia (K 98)	900		br	OG-71
24 Oct 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Carsbreck	3,670		br	HG-75
24 Oct 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Alhama	1,352		br	HG-75
24 Oct 1941	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Ariosto	2,176		br	HG-75
11 Feb 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Victolite	11,410		ca
16 Feb 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Opalia (d.)	6,195		br
3 May 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Ocean Venus	7,174		br
4 May 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Eclipse (d.)	9,767		br	ON-87
5 May 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Delisle (d.)	3,478		am
8 May 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Ohioan	6,078		am
9 May 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Lubrafol	7,138		pa
14 May 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Potrero del Llano	4,000		me
19 Jul 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Empire Hawksbill	5,724		br	OS-34
19 Jul 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Lavington Court	5,372		br	OS-34
19 Aug 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		British Consul	6,940		br	TAW(S)
19 Aug 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Empire Cloud	5,969		br	TAW(S)
30 Aug 1942	U-564	Reinhard Suhren		Vardaas	8,176		nw
					125,351
19 ships sunk (96,444 tons) and 4 ships damaged (28,907 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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