Max-Martin Teichert

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
6 ships sunk, total tonnage 31,528 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 6,421 GRT
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 11,500 tons

Born	31 Jan 1915		Kiel
Died	12 May 1943	(28)	North Atlantic

Max-Martin Teichert

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 Dec 1941		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

15 Dec 1939		Iron Cross 2nd Class
7 Jun 1941		Iron Cross 1st Class
7 Jun 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
19 Dec 1943		Knights Cross (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-456	18 Sep 1941	12 May 1943 (+)	11 patrols (192 days)

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 Ocean. 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 (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

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		Convoy
30 Mar 1942	U-456	Max-Martin Teichert	Effingham (d.)	6,421	am	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
12 May 1943	U-456	Max-Martin Teichert	Fort Concord	7,138	br	HX-237
				49,449
6 ships sunk (31,528 tons) and 2 ships damaged (17,921 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.