Max-Martin Teichert
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 6 ships sunk for a total of 31,528 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 251 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 11,500 tons |
| Born | 31 Jan 1915 | Kiel | |
| Died | 12 May 1943 | (28) | North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-456 | 18 Sep 1941 | 12 May 1943 (+) | 11 patrols (192 days) |
Personal information
Max-Martin Teichert began his naval career in April 1934. He served on the torpedo boat Iltis and from March 1939 on the destroyer Friedrich Ihn, making 22 patrols on the destroyer in the first months of the war. In June 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force and after six months became I WO on the Type VIIC U-boat U-94, on which he served for two patrols.
In September 1941 he commissioned U-456 and then completed ten patrols during 1942 in the Arctic Sea. On his especially successful fifth patrol he heavily damaged the British cruiser HMS Edinburgh (10,000 tons), which sank some days later.
In December 1942, U-456 was assigned to the 1st Flotilla and thenceforth operated in the Atlantic. Max-Martin Teichert was killed when U-456 was lost with all hands on 12 May, 1943.
Patrol info for Max-Martin Teichert
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-456 | 31 Jan 1942 | Kiel | 15 Feb 1942 | Kirkenes | Patrol 1, | 16 days | |
| 2. | U-456 | 24 Feb 1942 | Kirkenes | 22 Mar 1942 | Kirkenes | Patrol 2, | 27 days | |
| 3. | U-456 | 29 Mar 1942 | Kirkenes | 2 Apr 1942 | Kirkenes | Patrol 3, | 5 days | |
| 4. | U-456 | 7 Apr 1942 | Kirkenes | 20 Apr 1942 | Kirkenes | Patrol 4, | 14 days | |
| 5. | U-456 | 29 Apr 1942 | Kirkenes | 4 May 1942 | Kirkenes | Patrol 5, | 6 days | |
| 6. | U-456 | 7 May 1942 | Kirkenes | 12 May 1942 | Bergen | Patrol 6, | 6 days | |
| 7. | U-456 | 25 Jun 1942 | Bergen | 6 Jul 1942 | Neidenfjord | Patrol 7, | 12 days | |
| 8. | U-456 | 4 Aug 1942 | Neidenfjord | 10 Aug 1942 | Neidenfjord | Patrol 8, | 7 days | |
| 9. | U-456 | 15 Aug 1942 | Neidenfjord | 19 Sep 1942 | Kirkenes | Patrol 9, | 36 days | |
| 10. | U-456 | 21 Sep 1942 | Kirkenes | 27 Sep 1942 | Trondheim | 7 days | ||
| 11. | U-456 | 23 Nov 1942 | Trondheim | 4 Dec 1942 | Bergen | 12 days | ||
| 12. | U-456 | 14 Jan 1943 | Bergen | 26 Feb 1943 | Brest | Patrol 10, | 44 days | |
| 13. | U-456 | 24 Apr 1943 | Brest | 12 May 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 11, | 19 days | |
| 11 patrols, 192 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Max-Martin Teichert
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 30 Mar 1942 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert | HMS Sulla (FY 1874) | 251 |  | br | PQ-13 | |
| 30 Apr 1942 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert |  | HMS Edinburgh (16) (d.) | 11,500 | | br | QP-11 |
| 5 Jul 1942 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert | Honomu | 6,977 |  | am | PQ-17 | |
| 22 Aug 1942 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert | Chaika | 80 |  | sj | ||
| 2 Feb 1943 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert | | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | 7,177 | | am | HX-224 |
| 3 Feb 1943 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert | Inverilen | 9,456 | | br | HX-224 | |
| 23 Feb 1943 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert | | Kyleclare | 700 |  | ir | |
| 11 May 1943 | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert | | Fort Concord | 7,138 | | br | HX-237 |
| 43,279 | ||||||||
7 ships sunk (31,779 tons) and 1 ship damaged (11,500 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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.