Friedrich-Karl Marks

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)


Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 10,146 GRT

Born  5 Jun 1914 Hannover
Died  7 Apr 1943(28)Bay of Biscay


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 Mar 1942 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-376 21 Aug 1941 7 Apr 1943  (+)  8 patrols (161 days) 

Patrol info for Friedrich-Karl Marks

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-376 11 Mar 1942  Kiel  12 Mar 1942  Helgoland   2 days
2. U-376 15 Mar 1942  Helgoland  1 Apr 1942  Kirkenes  Patrol 1,18 days
3. U-376 7 Apr 1942  Kirkenes  20 Apr 1942  Kirkenes  Patrol 2,14 days
4. U-376 29 Apr 1942  Kirkenes  6 May 1942  Kirkenes  Patrol 3,8 days
5. U-376 7 May 1942  Kirkenes  13 May 1942  Bergen   7 days
6. U-376 7 Jun 1942  Bergen  15 Jul 1942  Narvik  Patrol 4,39 days
7. U-376 18 Jul 1942  Narvik  20 Jul 1942  Bergen   3 days
8. U-376 23 Jul 1942  Bergen  27 Jul 1942  Wilhelmshaven   5 days
9. U-376 27 Sep 1942  Wilhelmshaven  28 Sep 1942  Kiel   2 days
10. U-376 22 Oct 1942  Kiel  25 Oct 1942  Bergen   4 days
11. U-376 31 Oct 1942  Bergen  3 Nov 1942  Skjomenford   4 days
12. U-376 5 Nov 1942  Skjomenford  8 Dec 1942  Narvik  Patrol 5,34 days
13. U-376 10 Dec 1942  Narvik  13 Dec 1942  Bergen   4 days
14. U-376 26 Jan 1943  Bergen  28 Jan 1943  Bergen  Patrol 6,3 days
15. U-376 30 Jan 1943  Bergen  13 Mar 1943  La Pallice  Patrol 7,43 days
16. U-376 6 Apr 1943  La Pallice  7 Apr 1943  Sunk  Patrol 8,2 days
8 patrols, 161 days at sea

Ships hit by Friedrich-Karl Marks

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
30 Mar 1942U-376 Induna5,086brPQ-13
10 Jul 1942U-376 Hoosier5,060amPQ-17
 10,146

2 ships sunk (10,146 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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim


Naval Officers Under Hitler

Rust, Eric C.

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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