Helmut Röttger
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 15 Dec 1918 | | Maltahöhe, German South-West Africa |
| Died | 13 Jun 1944 | (25) | off Faroes |
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| 3 Apr 1937 | Offiziersanwärter | | 1 May 1938 | Fähnrich zur See | | 1 Jul 1939 | Oberfähnrich zur See | | 1 Aug 1939 | Leutnant zur See | | 1 Sep 1941 | Oberleutnant zur See | | 1 Apr 1944 | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-715 | 17 Mar 1943 | 13 Jun 1944 (+) | 1 patrol (6 days) |
Patrol info for Helmut Röttger
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
| 1. |
U-715 |
27 May 1944 | Kiel |
30 May 1944 | Stavanger |
| 4 days | |
| 2. |
U-715 |
8 Jun 1944 | Stavanger |
13 Jun 1944 | Sunk |
Patrol 1, | 6 days | |
Ships hit by Helmut Röttger
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.
