Peter-Ottmar Grau

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 8,869 GRT

Born	3 May 1915		Hamburg
Died	7 Oct 1994	(79)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
		Minesweeper War Badge
14 Feb 1944		German Cross in Gold
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-46	Oct, 1941	19 Nov 1941	No war patrols
U-601	18 Dec 1941	28 Nov 1943	7 patrols (191 days)
U-872	10 Feb 1944	29 Jul 1944	No war patrols
U-3015	17 Dec 1944	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Peter-Ottmar Grau

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-601	4 Jul 1942	Kiel	10 Jul 1942	Narvik		7 days
2.	U-601	14 Jul 1942	Narvik	3 Aug 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol 1,	21 days
3.	U-601	9 Aug 1942	Kirkenes	20 Sep 1942	Neidenfjord	Patrol 2,	43 days
4.	U-601	22 Sep 1942	Neidenfjord	24 Sep 1942	Bergen		3 days
5.	U-601	31 Oct 1942	Bergen	3 Nov 1942	Narvik		4 days
6.	U-601	5 Nov 1942	Narvik	7 Dec 1942	Harstad	Patrol 3,	33 days
7.	U-601	8 Dec 1942	Harstad	8 Dec 1942	Narvik		1 days
8.	U-601	15 Dec 1942	Narvik	24 Dec 1942	Kiel		10 days
9.	U-601	3 Apr 1943	Kiel	5 Apr 1943	Kristiansand		3 days
10.	U-601	6 Apr 1943	Kristiansand	7 Apr 1943	Bergen		2 days
11.	U-601	15 Apr 1943	Bergen	14 May 1943	Bergen	Patrol 4,	30 days
12.	U-601	15 May 1943	Harstad	15 May 1943	Narvik		1 days
13.	U-601	7 Jul 1943	Narvik	10 Jul 1943	Narvik		4 days
14.	U-601	14 Jul 1943	Narvik	25 Jul 1943	Hammerfest	Patrol 5,	12 days
15.	U-601	26 Jul 1943	Hammerfest	27 Jul 1943	Tromsö		2 days
16.	U-601	29 Jul 1943	Tromsö	29 Jul 1943	Hammerfest		1 days
17.	U-601	30 Jul 1943	Hammerfest	28 Aug 1943	Narvik	Patrol 6,	30 days
18.	U-601	13 Sep 1943	Narvik	14 Sep 1943	Tromsö		2 days
19.	U-601	15 Sep 1943	Tromsö	16 Sep 1943	Hammerfest		2 days
20.	U-601	16 Sep 1943	Hammerfest	7 Oct 1943	Hammerfest	Patrol 7,	22 days
21.	U-601	8 Oct 1943	Hammerfest	8 Oct 1943	Tromsö		1 days
22.	U-601	9 Oct 1943	Tromsö	9 Oct 1943	Harstad		1 days
23.	U-601	10 Oct 1943	Harstad	10 Oct 1943	Skjomenfjord		1 days
24.	U-601	12 Oct 1943	Skjomenfjord	14 Oct 1943	Trondheim		3 days
25.	U-601	17 Oct 1943	Trondheim	19 Oct 1943	Bergen		3 days
7 patrols, 191 days at sea

Ships hit by Peter-Ottmar Grau

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
1 Aug 1942	U-601	Krest’janin	2,513	sj
24 Aug 1942	U-601	Kujbyshev	2,332	sj
24 Aug 1942	U-601	Medvezhonok	50	sj
23 Nov 1942	U-601	Kuznets Lesov	3,974	sj	QP-15
			8,869
4 ships sunk (8,869 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.