Günter Wieboldt

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)


Successes
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,150 tons

Born  9 Feb 1919 Bremerhaven, Germany
Died  14 Mar 2000(81)Heiligenhafen, Germany


Ranks

9 Oct 1937 Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938 Seekadett
1 Apr 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940 Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-295 20 Oct 1943 19 May 1945   6 patrols (111 days) 

Patrol info for Günter Wieboldt

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-295 10 Jun 1944  Kiel  13 Jun 1944  Egersund   4 days
2. U-295 13 Jul 1944  Egersund  17 Jul 1944  Bergen  Patrol 1,5 days
3. U-295 28 Jul 1944  Bergen  29 Jul 1944  Kristiansand   2 days
4. U-295 12 Sep 1944  Kristiansand  14 Sep 1944  Stavanger   3 days
5. U-295 1 Oct 1944  Stavanger  5 Oct 1944  Trondheim   5 days
6. U-295 6 Oct 1944  Trondheim  9 Nov 1944  Harstad  Patrol 2,35 days
7. U-295 18 Nov 1944  Harstad  18 Dec 1944  Harstad  Patrol 3,31 days
8. U-295 7 Jan 1945  Harstad  10 Jan 1945  Narvik  Patrol 4,4 days
9. U-295 16 Jan 1945  Narvik  28 Jan 1945  Narvik  Patrol 5,13 days
10. U-295 15 Apr 1945  Narvik  7 May 1945  Narvik  Patrol 6,23 days
11. U-295 12 May 1945  Narvik  12 May 1945  Skjomenfjord   1 days
12. U-295 15 May 1945  Skjomenfjord  19 May 1945  Loch Eriboll, UK   5 days
6 patrols, 111 days at sea

Ships hit by Günter Wieboldt

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
2 Nov 1944U-295 HMS Mounsey (K 569) (d.)1,150brRA-61
 1,150

1 ship damaged (1,150 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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.

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs

Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


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German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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