Early in the war, the minimum age to command a U-boat was 25. The oldest commander was the commander of the Milk Cow U-459 who was (IIRC) 47!
As the war ground on, the age requirement went down and the youngest Kaleuns ever (again IIRC) were 19 and 20.
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