| Born | 2 Jan 1911 | Zanzibar |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-19 | 20 Jun 1940 | 20 Oct 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-138 | 21 Oct 1940 | 31 Dec 1940 | 1 patrol (27 days) |
| U-651 | 12 Feb 1941 | 29 Jun 1941 | 1 patrol (18 days) |
Personal information
Peter Lohmeyer entered the navy in 1932 and went through the usual training. He then served with a Luftwaffe coastal squadron until Oct 1939 when he joined the U-boat force. He served as a Watch Officer on the U-19 for seven months before taking command of that boat in June 1940. He then briefly took command of the U-138 before being assigned to the building of a larger type VIIC boat in Jan 1941. He took command of that boat, the U-651, on 12 Feb 1941 (Busch & Röll, 1999).
With his U-651 he achieved his two sinkings before being sunk just after having sunk the latter.
Peter Lohmeyer was captured when his U-651 was sunk on 29 June 1941 – there were no casualties on the boat when she was lost. He was then a prisoner of war until 16 July 1947 (Busch & Röll, 1999).
From October 1965 to December 1968 he commanded the famous German naval school ship Gorch Fock.
Sources
Busch, R. & Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War Two
Kommandanten der GORCH FOCK. http://www.esys.org/gofo/gorch_06.html
Patrol info for Peter Lohmeyer
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-138 | 5 Nov 1940 | Lorient | 1 Dec 1940 | Kiel | Patrol 1, | 27 days | |
| 2. | U-651 | 7 Jun 1941 | Hamburg | 11 Jun 1941 | Bergen | 5 days | ||
| 3. | U-651 | 12 Jun 1941 | Bergen | 29 Jun 1941 | Sunk | Patrol 2, | 18 days | |
| 2 patrols, 45 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Peter Lohmeyer
