Die Kaleuns.

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[Axel N]

Hi,
this is von Morstein of U 483. A very able CO.
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Axel

[tigre]

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Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat (September 11, 1906 - January 9, 1974).

In the Navy since 1925, included in the Officers Crew of 1928. On October 2, 1939 he was transferred to the submarine force and on January 2, 1940 he became the IWO of U 25. Under Viktor Schütze he carried out a patrol. On March 15, 1940, took the Commander Course in the 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille and on May 5, 1940 he took over as Commander of the U 8. On June 5, 1940, Kentrat was seriously injured in an explosion on board (*) and was taken to hospital. On September 13, 1940 Baubelehrung (familiarization) of U 74. On October 31, 1940 he took over as Commander of U 74. In the course of seven patrols he sank five ships, including the Canadian corvette HMCS Levis, and damaged the British auxiliary cruiser HMS Worcestershire (11,402 tons). On the last patrol he took the boat through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean.

On December 31, 1941, Kentrat was awarded the Knight's Cross. 21 July 1942 Baubelehrung of U 196 which entered service 11 September 1942. Promoted to Korvettenkapitän 1 January 1943, Kentrat sailed 13 March 1943 for the first patrol with U 196 . In the patrol that lasted until October 23, 1943, he sank two ships with 12,285 GRT. He conducted his second and last patrol from March 11 to August 10, 1944, sinking a ship with 5,454 GRT. On September 22, 1944, Kentrat was assigned to the Tokyo Etappe and on March 28, 1945, Chief of the Kobe Naval Base. On September 2, 1945 he was taken prisoner, from which he was released on October 1, 1947.

(*) Freilot Burst - Explosive Depth Sounder: A small free-falling weight of exactly 2m/sec in the shape of a torpedo with a cartridge tip that explodes when it hits the bottom. The time elapsed between touching the sea surface and detonation at the bottom provides fairly accurate depth information.

Source: https://www.icollector.com/PHOTO-ALBUM- ... _i24318859
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Pe ... ntratE.htm
https://www.uboatarchive.net/KTB/KTBNotesVocabulary.htm

Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

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Hermann Rigele (September 16, 1891, Sarajevo - October 18, 1982, Vienna) *.

Hermann Rigele was one of the oldest World War II submarine commanders to go out on patrol when he set sail with the UD 3 from Kiel, Germany, on October 3, 1942. He was 51 years old at the time. He arrived safely in Lorient, France, 20 days later. In total he would command the UD 3 during 3 operational patrols, 103 days at sea (06.08.1941-10.23.1943).

He previously he had been in command of k.u.k. U 10, k.u.k. U 17, k.u.k. U 20, k.u.k. U 31 (PGM). UD 1 (11.21.1940 - 05.03.1941). After leaving the command of the UD 3, he was Commander of the 32. U-Flotille (04.01.1944-03.04.1945) and ended the war as Commander of the port of Trieste.

* In various sources Hermann von Rigele.

Source: http://www.ubootarchiv.de/ubootwiki/ind ... von_Rigele
https://uboat.net/wwi/men/commanders/531.html
https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/194 ... emely-rare

Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

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Ulrich Heyse (September 20, 1906 Berlin-Friedenau November 19, 1970, Flensburg, Germany).

Officer Candidate (Offiziersanwärter) in October 1933. Promoted to Leutnant z.See in June 1936. Course for U-boat Watch Officers in the 1. U-Lehrdivision, Pillau (July-September 1940); Commander's Course and Torpedo Launch for Commanders in the 24. U-Flottille, Memel (November 1940 - January 1941). Commander in training in U 37, January-February 1941; one patrol under Kapitänleutnant Asmus-Nicolai Clausen, 3 ships with a total of 4,781 GRT.

Commander of U 128 (Type IX C) from May 12, 1941 to February 28, 1943. Five patrols with the boat, managing to sink 12 ships for a total of 83,639 GRT. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (January 1943). He ended the war as Chief of the 32. U-Flotille in Hamburg. Prisoner of the English.

Source: http://www.ubootarchiv.de/ubootwiki/ind ... rich_Heyse
https://www.buchfreund.de/de/d/p/101320 ... ulli-heyse

Cheers. Raúl M .

[Tic Tac]

Herbert Brünning, Kmdt. U 137 U 642 U 3518
Labeling on the back of the photo:
To commemorate enemy days spent together on U 642
Brünning, Kaptlt. and Cmdt.
Photo own collection
Greetings Tic Tac

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Carl Emmermann (March 6, 1915 Hamburg - March 25, 1990 Ahrensburg)

Carl Emmermann (Crew 1934) sank a total of 27 ships with a combined tonnage of 52,080 GRT in five operational patrols (373 days at sea). After joining the submarine force, he became the I WO of the U-A under the command of Hans Eckermann in November 1940. In November 1941, Emmermann took charge of his own boat, U 172. His greatest success was the sinking of the British liner Orcades (23,456-ton). His fifth patrol with U 172 was dramatic, as the U-boat brought back half the crew of U 604 which had been scuttled by her crew due to damage.

After that patrol, Emmermann became the commander of the 6. U-Flotilla in St. Nazaire, France, in November 1943. In August 1944, Emmermann became the head of the "Erprobungsgruppe Typ XXIII" and later (March 1945) was commander of U 3037 for a month, and in the last month of the war he commanded the 31. U-Flotilla (Training) in Hamburg.

Awarded the Knight's Cross for the sinking of 17 ships with a total of 9.5429 GRT (27 November 1942) and the Oak Leaves for the sinking of another 10 ships with 5.7475 GRT (4 July 1943).

Source: http://www.ubootarchiv.de/ubootwiki/ind ... _Emmermann
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/299 ... n-Carl.htm
https://uboat.net/men/emmermann.htm
Kriegsmarine U-Boot 172 original Fotos Kommandant Emmermann 2wk

Cheers. Raúl M .

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Victor Oehrn (October 21, 1907 Kedabeg/Caucasus, Russia - December 26, 1997 Bonn/North Rhine-Westphalia).

He entered the Navy in 1927 as an officer candidate, graduated as Leutnant z.S in October 1931 and took the course at the Submarine School in July 1935. Commander of U 14 (January 1936 to October 1937) with which He made a patrol to the Spanish coasts. Officer in the General Staff of the FdU Ost (August-September 1939); then in the General Staff of the FdU (September-October 1939) and then in the Operations section of the BdU (October 1939-May 1940). Commanding Officer of U 37 (May-October 1940) and then returned to the General Staff. Serving in the General Staff of the FdU Italie, he was appointed liaison officer for Commander-in-Chief South in Africa (May 1942) and in that position he was seriously wounded by an Australian reconnaissance formation (five shots) while wandering through the desert looking for Rommel's CP (a very difficult task to accomplish otherwise). War prisoner, repatriated in October 1943. It must be the only case of a submariner wounded and captured in the El-Alamein area. He finally achieved the rank of Fregattenkapitän in 1944.

Source: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/german-p ... 46775-191/
http://www.ubootarchiv.de/ubootwiki/ind ... ctor_Oehrn

Cheers. Raúl M .