Robert Schetelig
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 8.352 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 3.670 GRT |
| Born | 6 Oct, 1918 | Lübeck |
| Died | 22 Sep, 1943 | Cape Farewell |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-229 | 20 Feb, 1943 | Kiel | 17 Apr, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 57 days |
| 2. | U-229 | 11 May, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 7 Jun, 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol, | 28 days |
| 3. | U-229 | 2 Aug, 1943 | Bordeaux | 3 Aug, 1943 | La Pallice | 2 days | |
| 4. | U-229 | 31 Aug, 1943 | La Pallice | 22 Sep, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 23 days |
| 3 patrols, 108 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Robert Schetelig
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 10 Mar, 1943 | U-229 | Coulmore | 3.670 |  | br | SC-121 | damaged |
| 10 Mar, 1943 | U-229 | Nailsea Court | 4.946 | | br | SC-121 | |
| 5 Apr, 1943 | U-229 | Vaalaren | 3.406 |  | sw | HX-231 | |
| 12.022 | |||||||
* 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.