Günther Ruppelt
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)
| Successes 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 13,649 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,051 GRT |
| Born | 13 Sep 1919 | Trostdorf, Breslau | |
| Died | 27 Dec 1942 | (23) | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-579 | 27 May 1942 | Oct, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-356 | 3 Dec 1942 | 27 Dec 1942 (+) | 1 patrol (23 days) |
Patrol info for Günther Ruppelt
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-356 | 5 Dec 1942 | St. Nazaire | 27 Dec 1942 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 23 days | |
Ships hit by Günther Ruppelt
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 1942 | U-356 | Empire Union | 5,952 |  | br | ONS-154 | |
| 27 Dec 1942 | U-356 |  | Melrose Abbey | 2,473 | | br | ONS-154 |
| 27 Dec 1942 | U-356 | | Soekaboemi (d.) | 7,051 |  | nl | ONS-154 |
| 27 Dec 1942 | U-356 | | King Edward | 5,224 | | br | ONS-154 |
| 20,700 | |||||||
3 ships sunk (13,649 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,051 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.