Gerhard Wiebe
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 25)
Successes
9 ships sunk for a total of 54.753 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 9.687 GRT |
| Born | 24 Jan, 1907 | Lautenburg |
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Gerhard Wiebe
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| 1 Nov, 1943 | Fregattenkapitän |
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U-boat Commands
| U-516 | 10 Mar, 1942 | - | 23 Jun, 1943 | 2 patrols (225 days) |
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
| 1. |
U-516
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12 Aug, 1942 | Kiel | 13 Aug, 1942 | Kristiansand | | 2 days |
| 2. |
U-516
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15 Aug, 1942 | Kristiansand | 14 Nov, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 92 days |
| 3. |
U-516
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23 Dec, 1942 | Lorient | 4 May, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 133 days |
Ships hit by Gerhard Wiebe
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * |
| 27 Aug, 1942 | U-516 | Port Jackson | 9.687 |  | br | | damaged |
| 31 Aug, 1942 | U-516 | Jack Carnes | 10.907 |  | am | | |
| 19 Sep, 1942 | U-516 | Wichita | 6.174 | | am | | |
| 28 Sep, 1942 | U-516 | Antonico | 1.223 |  | bz | | |
| 30 Sep, 1942 | U-516 | Alipore | 5.273 | | br | | |
| 24 Oct, 1942 | U-516 | Holmpark | 5.780 | | br | | |
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| 11 Feb, 1943 | U-516 | Helmspey | 4.764 | | br | | |
| 17 Feb, 1943 | U-516 | Deer Lodge | 6.187 | | am | | |
| 27 Feb, 1943 | U-516 | Colombia | 10.782 |  | nl | | |
| 20 Mar, 1943 | U-516 | Nortun | 3.663 |  | pa | | |
| | 64.440 | |
* 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.
