Rolf Manke
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
| Successes 4 ships sunk, total tonnage 17,753 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,192 tons |
| Born | 21 Dec 1915 | Berlin-Lichterfelde | |
| Died | 1 Mar 1944 | (28) | North Atlantic |
|
|
Ranks
Decorations
|
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-358 | 15 Aug 1942 | 1 Mar 1944 (+) | 5 patrols (246 days) |
Kptlt. Rolf Manke on the Conning Tower.
Patrol info for Rolf Manke
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-358 | 12 Jan 1943 | Kiel | 14 Jan 1943 | Kristiansand | Patrol 1, | 3 days | |
| 2. | U-358 | 16 Jan 1943 | Kristiansand | 8 Mar 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 52 days | |
| 3. | U-358 | 11 Apr 1943 | St. Nazaire | 15 May 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 35 days | |
| 4. | U-358 | 10 Jun 1943 | St. Nazaire | 1 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 84 days | |
| 5. | U-358 | 23 Oct 1943 | St. Nazaire | 16 Dec 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 4, | 55 days | |
| 6. | U-358 | 14 Feb 1944 | St. Nazaire | 1 Mar 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 17 days | |
| 5 patrols, 246 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Rolf Manke
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 1943 | U-358 |  | Neva | 1,456 |  | sw | UR-59 |
| 26 Jan 1943 | U-358 | Nortind | 8,221 |  | nw | HX-223 | |
| 5 May 1943 | U-358 | | Bristol City | 2,864 |  | br | ONS-5 |
| 5 May 1943 | U-358 | | Wentworth | 5,212 | | br | ONS-5 |
| 1 Mar 1944 | U-358 | | HMS Gould (K 476) | 1,192 | | br | |
| 18,945 | |||||||
5 ships sunk (18,945 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.