Date of birth:

June 2nd, 1911 (Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

May 16th, 1943 (South Atlantic Ocean, Northly of Tristan da Cunha, West of Madeira)

Buried on:

German Submarines Memorial
Grave: U-182.

Nationality:

German

Promotions;
October 10th, 1929: Rekrut;
October 1st, 1931: Obermatrose;
October 1st, 1933: Matrosengefreiter;
November 1st, 1933: Bootsmannsmaat;
September 1st, 1935: Obersteuermannsmaat;
May 1st, 1937: Fähnrich zur See;
October 1st, 1937: Oberfähnrich zur See;
April 1st, 1939: Leutnant zur See (RDA January 1st, 1938 -4-);
April 1st, 1939: Oberleutnant zur See (RDA April 1st, 1939 -178-);
January 1st, 1941: Kapitänleutnant (RDA January 1st, 1941 -15-);
April 5th, 1945: Korvettenkapitän (posthumous, RDA May 1st, 1943).

Career:
September 1939: Kommandant, M 134, 4. Minensuchsflotille;
November 1939: 1. Wachoffizier, U 37;
July 1940: Kommandantenschule, 24. Unterseebootsflotille;
August 1940: Ausbildung, U 142;
September 4th, 1940: Kommandant, U 142;
October 26th, 1940: Kommandant, U 37;
May 1941: U-Bootkommando Nord;
May 21st, 1942: Kommandant, U 129
May 1942: 6. Kriegsschiffbau-Lehr-Abteilung, U 182 ;
June 30th, 1942 - May 16th, 1943: Kommandant, U 182.

Kapitänleutnant Clausen as Captain U 182,was killed in action when U 182 was sunk by the American destroyers USS Mackenzie and USS Lamb.

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• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
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