Günther Ruppelt
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)
| Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 13.649 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.051 GRT |
| Born | 13 Sep, 1919 | Trostdorf, Breslau |
| Died | 27 Dec, 1942 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-579 | 27 May, 1942 | - | Oct, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-356 | 3 Dec, 1942 | - | 27 Dec, 1942 (+) | 1 patrol (23 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-356 | 5 Dec, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 27 Dec, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 23 days |
Ships hit by Günther Ruppelt
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 27 Dec, 1942 | U-356 | Empire Union | 5.952 |  | br | ONS-154 | |
| 27 Dec, 1942 | U-356 | King Edward | 5.224 | | br | ONS-154 | |
| 27 Dec, 1942 | U-356 | Melrose Abbey | 2.473 | | br | ONS-154 | |
| 27 Dec, 1942 | U-356 | Soekaboemi | 7.051 |  | nl | ONS-154 | damaged |
| 20.700 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.