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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
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		Convoy
30 Mar 1942	U-376	Induna	5,086	br	PQ-13
10 Jul 1942	U-376	Hoosier	5,060	am	PQ-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.