Hans Karpf U 632 Article

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Hans Karpf U 632 Article

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Post by harmel » 03 Jan 2007, 21:33

Nice story,can add this: Born in Saarbrücken 14/5/1916
Was in the Crew of 1935
1/11/42 Kapitänleutnant
Posthumous promotion of Korvettenkapitän with Seniority from 1.4.1943
March 39-Aug 40 Officer on the "Gneisenau"
Aug 40-Oct 40-Served at the Navy Depot Calais
Oct 40-March 41 -U Boat Trg
March 41-Oct 41-First Watch officer U 566
Nov 41-U boat Commanders Course, 24th Flotilla
30/Nov 41- Cmdr U 10 till 22/6/42 as Oberleutnant
June 42-July 42-Trg Course.
Cmdr U 632-23/7/42 till KIA 6/4/43
Boat sank by depth charges from a Liberator W of Rockall
48 died no survivors.Harmel :D


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Re: Hans Karpf U 632 Article

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Post by cmbarbour » 17 Jan 2011, 05:46

harmel, Hans Karpf (commander of U 632) was my grandfather. do you have any other information about him? many thanks

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Post by Polar bear » 17 Jan 2011, 09:08

good morning,

I guess that you already know this page, but anyway .. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/582.html

greetings, the pb
Peace hath her victories no less renowned than War
(John Milton, the poet, in a letter to the Lord General Cromwell, May 1652)

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Post by cmbarbour » 17 Jan 2011, 21:19

yes, thanks very much pb! i saw that.

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Post by 9burnbanks » 30 Mar 2021, 17:46

A long time since you posted this but worth a try anyway. U632 sank a vessel called Cordelia close to Iceland. One of the young men from my village Alexander Eggo was lost. Only one survivor, the Chief Engineer IC Bingham who was taken prisoner and there is a fascinating debrief in the UK National Archives when he returned home. U-Boat.net blames Bingham for giving away information that led to other sinkings but I haven't been able to find where this accusation came from. I'm just about to publish a book about my village and Eggo has a chapter with photos I found online of your Grandfather. Do you have these? If you have any further photos or information, I'd gladly share what I have.


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