# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-friedrich-merten
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:28:58.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-friedrich-merten"
name: "Karl-Friedrich Merten"
slug: "karl-friedrich-merten"
description: "Karl-Friedrich Merten commanded the U-boat U-68 in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Merten was credited with the sinking of 27 ships for a total of 170,151 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping. Merten joined the Reichsmarine in 1926. He served on the light cruisers Karlsruhe and Leipzig during the Spanish Civil War patrols."
tagline: "German World War II U-boat commander"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Internationale_zielwedstrijd_voor_marinedeelnemers_in_Kiel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1905-08-15"
deathDate: "1993-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.095574666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Карл-Фрідріх Мертен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "كارل فريدريش ميرتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Friedrich_Merten"
    title: "Karl-Friedrich Merten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Friedrich_Merten"
    title: "Karl-Friedrich Merten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Friedrich_Merten"
    title: "Karl-Friedrich Merten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Friedrich_Merten"
    title: "Karl-Friedrich Merten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Friedrich_Merten"
    title: "Karl-Friedrich Merten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Merten"
    title: "Karl Friedrich Merten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85"
    title: "Мертен, Карл-Фридрих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86404"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump