Friedhelm Schweiger

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	7 Mar 1917		Ziegenhals, Silesia
Died	1 Sep 1998	(81)	Bad Nauheim, Germany

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
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 Jun 1944		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-313	20 May 1943	9 May 1945	12 patrols (279 days)

Patrol info for Friedhelm Schweiger

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-313	20 Jan 1944	Kiel	23 Jan 1944	Stavanger		4 days
2.	U-313	24 Jan 1944	Stavanger	25 Jan 1944	Bergen		2 days
3.	U-313	26 Jan 1944	Bergen	2 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 1,	8 days
4.	U-313	7 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	29 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 1,	23 days
5.	U-313	15 Mar 1944	Hammerfest	13 Apr 1944	Narvik	Patrol 2,	30 days
6.	U-313	25 Apr 1944	Narvik	12 May 1944	Narvik	Patrol 3,	18 days
7.	U-313	30 May 1944	Narvik	3 Jul 1944	Bergen	Patrol 4,	35 days
8.	U-313	6 Sep 1944	Bergen	14 Sep 1944	Narvik	Patrol 5,	9 days
9.	U-313	20 Sep 1944	Narvik	23 Sep 1944	Skillefjord	Patrol 6,	4 days
10.	U-313	26 Sep 1944	Skillefjord	3 Nov 1944	Narvik	Patrol 7,	39 days
11.	U-313	23 Nov 1944	Narvik	6 Dec 1944	Bogenbucht	Patrol 8,	14 days
12.	U-313	11 Dec 1944	Bogenbucht	16 Dec 1944	Trondheim	Patrol 9,	6 days
13.	U-313	23 Dec 1944	Trondheim	17 Feb 1945	Narvik	Patrol 10,	57 days
14.	U-313	16 Mar 1945	Narvik	29 Mar 1945	Harstad	Patrol 11,	14 days
15.	U-313	17 Apr 1945	Harstad	8 May 1945	Narvik	Patrol 12,	22 days
16.	U-313	12 May 1945	Narvik	12 May 1945	Skjomenfjord		1 days
17.	U-313	15 May 1945	Skjomenfjord	19 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK		5 days
12 patrols, 279 days at sea

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.