Johann Mohr (naval officer)

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Johann Mohr (born June 12, 1916 in Hanover , † April 2, 1943 in the Atlantic west of Porto ) was a German naval officer in the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine , most recently in the rank of corvette captain .

Education and pre-war years

Mohr joined the Reichsmarine as an officer candidate on April 8, 1934 and received his basic military training in the 4th Company of the 2nd Ship Mastery Department of the Baltic Sea in Stralsund . He then completed his on-board training from June 15, 1934 to June 26, 1935 on the sailing training ship Gorch Fock and the light cruiser Karlsruhe . On September 26, 1934, he was promoted to sea ​​cadet . After completing the main ensign course at the Mürwik Naval School from late June 1935 to March 1936, he was promoted to ensign at sea on July 1, 1935 . He had already had his navigation instruction drives on theTenders Frauenlob (ex M 134 ) and Hecht (ex M 60 ) completed. After further courses, Mohr then served on the ironclad Germany from September 1936 . On January 1, 1937 he was promoted to senior ensign at sea and on April 1, 1937 to lieutenant at sea . With Germany , Mohr was involved in security tasks in Spanish territorial waters in the course of the Spanish Civil War . After an A / B course from June 21 to September 19, 1937, Mohr returned to Germany , which he left on February 5, 1938.

Second World War

Patrols

U 101

  1. October 5, 1940 to November 13, 1940 (as II. WO)
  2. December 16, 1940 to January 22, 1941 (as IWO)
  3. February 23, 1941 to May 1, 1941 (as IWO)

U 124

  1. September 16, 1941 to October 1, 1941 (6 ships with 11,659 GRT sunk)
  2. October 30, 1941 to December 29, 1941 (3 ships with 19,975 GRT sunk)
  3. February 21, 1942 to April 10, 1942 (7 ships with 42,047 GRT sunk)
  4. May 4, 1942 to June 26, 1942 (8 ships with 33,354 GRT sunk)
  5. November 15, 1942 to February 13, 1943 (5 ships with 28,282 GRT sunk)
  6. March 27, 1943 to April 2, 1943 (2 ships with 9,547 GRT sunk)

Mohr was from February 6, 1938 to March 31, 1940 flag lieutenant with the commander of the armored ships, where he was promoted to first lieutenant on April 1, 1939 . On April 1, 1940, he switched to the submarine weapon, after completing various courses on September 28, he was first second and later first officer on watch on U 124 . Mohr was involved in three patrols under Lieutenant Wilhelm Schulz . From June 1941 he took part in a commanders course, during which he was promoted to lieutenant captain on September 1, 1941. After completing the course, he became commander of U 124 on September 8, 1941 . On six patrols, he sank 31 merchant ships with a total of 144,864 GRT and the British light cruiser HMS Dunedin with this boat . For his success he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on March 27, 1942 and the Oak Leaves on January 13, 1943.

On April 2, 1943, U 124 was discovered in the Atlantic, west of Porto , after radar location by convoy OS.45, and the sloop HMS Black Swan and the corvette HMS Stonecrop were sunk using depth charges . There were no survivors. Mohr had been promoted to corvette captain the day before.

Awards

literature

  • Rainer Busch and Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939–1945: The knight's cross bearers of the U-boat weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. Mittler and Son, 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Mohr, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently corvette captain
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1943
Place of death Atlantic west of Porto