| Born | 25 Jun, 1917 | Hildesheim |
| Died | 7 Mar, 1945 | St George's Channel |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-1302 | 22 Jan, 1945 | Kiel | 25 Jan, 1945 | Horten | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-1302 | 3 Feb, 1945 | Horten | 7 Mar, 1945 | Sunk | Patrol, | 33 days |
Ships hit by Wolfgang Herwartz
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 28 Feb, 1945 | U-1302 | Norfolk Coast | 646 | | br | ||
| 2 Mar, 1945 | U-1302 | King Edgar | 4.536 | | br | SC-167 | |
| 2 Mar, 1945 | U-1302 | Novasli | 3.204 | | nw | SC-167 | |
| 8.386 | |||||||
* 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.
