Kurt Neide

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 4,917 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,340 tons
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 5,486 GRT

Born	8 Jul 1916		Kiel
Died	22 Sep 1980	(64)

Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
4 Apr 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-415	5 Aug 1942	16 Apr 1944	5 patrols (233 days)

Patrol info for Kurt Neide

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-415	27 Feb 1943	Kiel	4 Mar 1943	Bergen		6 days
2.	U-415	7 Mar 1943	Bergen	5 May 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	60 days
3.	U-415	12 Jun 1943	Brest	8 Sep 1943	Brest	Patrol 2,	89 days
4.	U-415	27 Oct 1943	Brest	2 Nov 1943	Brest	Patrol 3,	7 days
5.	U-415	21 Nov 1943	Brest	6 Jan 1944	Brest	Patrol 4,	47 days
6.	U-415	2 Mar 1944	Brest	31 Mar 1944	Brest	Patrol 5,	30 days
5 patrols, 233 days at sea

Ships hit by Kurt Neide

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
21 Apr 1943	U-415	Ashantian	4,917	br	ONS-3
21 Apr 1943	U-415	Wanstead (d.)	5,486	br	ONS-3
24 Dec 1943	U-415	HMS Hurricane (H 06)	1,340	br	OS-62
			11,743
2 ships sunk (6,257 tons) and 1 ship damaged (5,486 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.