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Ernst Mengersen

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)


Successes
12 ships sunk for a total of 68.071 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1.190 tons
3 ships damaged for a total of 20.159 GRT

Born  30 Jun, 1912Bremke, Lippe
Died  6 Nov, 1995


Ernst Mengersen

Ranks

23 Sep, 1933Seekadett
1 Jul, 1934Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1936Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct, 1936Leutnant zur See
1 Jun, 1938Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1940Kapitänleutnant
1 Dec, 1944Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

27 Jan, 1940Iron Cross 2nd Class
23 Oct, 1940Spanish Cross
10 Dec, 1940Iron Cross 1st Class
18 Nov, 1941Knights Cross
25 Feb, 1942U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-1824 Nov, 1939 - 2 Sep, 1940  2 patrols (33 days) 
U-14318 Sep, 1940 - 2 Nov, 1940  No war patrols 
U-10118 Nov, 1940 - 31 Dec, 1941  6 patrols (186 days) 
U-60729 Jan, 1942 - 18 Apr, 1943  3 patrols (148 days) 

Personal information

Ernst Mengersen began his naval career in 1933 and served on the cruiser Admiral Scheer and on the torpedo boat Tiger.

In April 1939 he transferred to the U-boat force and then spent nearly four years on board various U-boats. In June 1943 he became the commander of the 20th Flotilla in Pillau. During the last three months of the war he was in the 25th Flotilla, and in April 1945 he was chosen as the commander of the new 15th Flotilla.

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Kapitänleutnant Mengersen among the crew of U-101 after patrol in December 1940.

Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-18 8 Jan, 1940  Kiel26 Jan, 1940  WilhelmshavenPatrol19 days
2. U-18 11 Feb, 1940  Wilhelmshaven24 Feb, 1940  WilhelmshavenPatrol14 days
3. U-101 24 Nov, 1940  Lorient7 Dec, 1940  LorientPatrol14 days
4. U-101 23 Jan, 1941  Lorient19 Feb, 1941  LorientPatrol28 days
5. U-101 24 Mar, 1941  Lorient2 May, 1941  LorientPatrol40 days
6. U-101 28 May, 1941  Lorient4 Jul, 1941  LorientPatrol38 days
7. U-101 7 Aug, 1941  Lorient4 Sep, 1941  St. NazairePatrol29 days
8. U-101 4 Oct, 1941  St. Nazaire6 Oct, 1941  St. Nazaire 3 days
9. U-101 11 Oct, 1941  St. Nazaire16 Nov, 1941  KielPatrol37 days
10. U-607 9 Jul, 1942  Kiel10 Jul, 1942  Kristiansand 2 days
11. U-607 13 Jul, 1942  Kristiansand16 Aug, 1942  St. NazairePatrol35 days
12. U-607 8 Sep, 1942  St. Nazaire23 Oct, 1942  St. NazairePatrol46 days
13. U-607 2 Jan, 1943  St. Nazaire9 Mar, 1943  St. NazairePatrol67 days

Ships hit by Ernst Mengersen


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
23 Jan, 1940 U-18Bisp1.000 nw 
30 Nov, 1940 U-101Aracataca5.378 br 
1 Dec, 1940 U-101Appalachee8.826 br HX-90 
1 Dec, 1940 U-101Loch Ranza4.958 br HX-90 damaged
2 Dec, 1940 U-101Kavak2.782 br HX-90 
2 Dec, 1940 U-101Lady Glanely5.497 br HX-90 
 
14 Feb, 1941 U-101Holystone5.462 br OB-284 
17 Feb, 1941 U-101Gairsoppa5.237 br SL-64 
4 Jun, 1941 U-101Trecarrell5.271 br OB-327 
9 Jun, 1941 U-101Trevarrack5.270 br OB-329 
18 Oct, 1941 U-101HMS Broadwater (H 81)1.190 br SC-48 
 
26 Jul, 1942 U-607Empire Rainbow6.942 br ON-113 damaged
4 Aug, 1942 U-607Belgian Soldier7.167 be ON-115 
14 Oct, 1942 U-607Nellie4.826 gr SC-104 
 
26 Jan, 1943 U-607Kollbjørg8.259 nw HX-223 damaged
15 Feb, 1943 U-607Atlantic Sun11.355 am ON-165 
 89.420

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.


Books dealing with this subject include:

U-Boot auf Feindfahrt, Busch, Harald, 1942


Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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