Rolf Rüggeberg
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 26)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 12,789 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7,174 GRT |
| Born | 4 Mar 1907 | Barcelona, Spain | |
| Died | 6 Dec 1979 | (72) |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-513 | 10 Jan 1942 | 14 May 1943 | 3 patrols (159 days) |
Personal information
Rolf Rüggeberg was a Naval Attache in London in the early 1960's.
Patrol info for Rolf Rüggeberg
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-513 | 7 Aug 1942 | Kiel | 22 Oct 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 77 days | |
| 2. | U-513 | 21 Nov 1942 | Lorient | 18 Dec 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 28 days | |
| 3. | U-513 | 20 Feb 1943 | Lorient | 14 Apr 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 54 days | |
| 3 patrols, 159 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Rolf Rüggeberg
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 5 Sep, 1942 | U-513 | Lord Strathcona | 7,335 |  | ca | ||
| 5 Sep, 1942 | U-513 | Saganaga | 5,454 |  | br | ||
| 29 Sep, 1942 | U-513 | Ocean Vagabond | 7,174 | | br | HX-209 | damaged |
| 19,963 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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