Helmuth Ringelmann
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 31)
| Successes 7 ships sunk for a total of 37,884 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 744 tons |
| Born | 21 Apr 1912 | Munich | |
| Died | 28 Dec 1941 | (29) | Mediterranean |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-75 | 19 Dec 1940 | 28 Dec 1941 (+) | 5 patrols (141 days) |
Patrol info for Helmuth Ringelmann
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-75 | 10 Apr 1941 | Kiel | 12 May 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 33 days | |
| 2. | U-75 | 29 May 1941 | St. Nazaire | 3 Jul 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 36 days | |
| 3. | U-75 | 29 Jul 1941 | St. Nazaire | 25 Aug 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 28 days | |
| 4. | U-75 | 27 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire | 2 Nov 1941 | Salamis | Patrol 4, | 37 days | |
| 5. | U-75 | 22 Dec 1941 | Salamis | 28 Dec 1941 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 7 days | |
| 5 patrols, 141 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Helmuth Ringelmann
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 29 Apr 1941 | U-75 |  | City of Nagpur | 10,146 |  | br | |
| 3 Jun 1941 | U-75 | Eibergen | 4,801 |  | nl | OB-327 | |
| 3 Jun 1941 | U-75 | | Inversuir | 9,456 | | br | OB-327 |
| 25 Jun 1941 | U-75 | | Schie | 1,967 | | nl | OB-336 |
| 5 Aug 1941 | U-75 | Cape Rodney | 4,512 | | br | SL-81 | |
| 5 Aug 1941 | U-75 | | Harlingen | 5,415 | | br | SL-81 |
| 12 Oct 1941 | U-75 | HMS TLC-2 (A 2) | 372 | | br | ||
| 12 Oct 1941 | U-75 | HMS TLC-7 (A 7) | 372 | | br | ||
| 28 Dec 1941 | U-75 | Volo | 1,587 | | br | ME-8 | |
| 38,628 | |||||||
9 ships sunk (38,628 tons). Legend | |||||||
About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.