| Born | 18 Oct, 1913 | Hamelin |
| Died | 19 Mar, 1986 | Hamelin |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-19 | 1 May, 1940 | - | 19 Jun, 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-31 | 8 Jul, 1940 | - | 2 Nov, 1940 | 2 patrols (38 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-31 | 16 Sep, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 8 Oct, 1940 | Lorient | Patrol, | 23 days |
| 2. | U-31 | 19 Oct, 1940 | Lorient | 2 Nov, 1940 | Sunk | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 2 patrols, 38 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Wilfried Prellberg
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 22 Sep, 1940 | U-31 | Union Jack | 81 |  | fa | ||
| 27 Sep, 1940 | U-31 | Vestvard | 4.319 |  | nw | OB-218 | |
| 29 Oct, 1940 | U-31 | Matina | 5.389 |  | br | ||
| 9.789 | |||||||
* 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.