Ernst-August Rehwinkel
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 23)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 23.635 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.090 tons |
| Born | 30 Oct, 1901 | Hildesheim |
| Died | 6 Aug, 1942 | Cape Ortegal |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-578 | 28 Oct, 1941 | Kiel | 2 Nov, 1941 | Trondheim | 6 days | |
| 2. | U-578 | 5 Nov, 1941 | Trondheim | 8 Nov, 1941 | Kirkenes | 4 days | |
| 3. | U-578 | 19 Nov, 1941 | Kirkenes | 27 Nov, 1941 | Kirkenes | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 4. | U-578 | 29 Nov, 1941 | Kirkenes | 4 Dec, 1941 | Bergen | 6 days | |
| 5. | U-578 | 6 Dec, 1941 | Bergen | 10 Dec, 1941 | Kiel | 5 days | |
| 6. | U-578 | 15 Jan, 1942 | Kiel | 28 Jan, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 7. | U-578 | 3 Feb, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 25 Mar, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 51 days |
| 8. | U-578 | 7 May, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 3 Jul, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 58 days |
| 9. | U-578 | 6 Aug, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 6 Aug, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 1 days |
| 5 patrols, 133 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Ernst-August Rehwinkel
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 27 Feb, 1942 | U-578 | R.P. Resor | 7.451 |  | am | ||
| 28 Feb, 1942 | U-578 | USS Jacob Jones (DD 130) | 1.090 | | am | ||
| 12 Mar, 1942 | U-578 | Ingerto | 3.089 |  | nw | ||
| 27 May, 1942 | U-578 | Polyphemus | 6.269 |  | nl | ||
| 2 Jun, 1942 | U-578 | Berganger | 6.826 | | nw | ||
| 24.725 | |||||||
* 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.