The Men - The Commander listing

Helmut Möhlmann

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)

Successes
5 ships sunk for a total of 33,511 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 11,394 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 9,788 GRT
1 auxiliary warship a total loss for a total of 3,870 GRT

Born	25 Jun 1913		Kiel
Died	12 Apr 1977	(63)	Prien am Chiemsee

Kapitänleutnant Helmut Möhlmann

Ranks

23 Sep 1933	Seekadett
1 Jul 1934	Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936	Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1941	Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1945	Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

6 Jun 1939	Spanish Cross
16 Nov 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
Apr, 1940	Destroyer War Badge
1 Dec 1941	Iron Cross 1st Class
1 Dec 1941	U-boat War Badge 1939
16 Apr 1943	Knights Cross
16 Sep 1944	U-boat Front Clasp

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-143	9 Dec 1940	19 Mar 1941	No war patrols
U-52	20 Mar 1941	15 Apr 1941	No war patrols
U-571	22 May 1941	31 May 1943	8 patrols (344 days)

Personal information

Helmut Möhlmann after patrol

Helmut Möhlmann began his naval career in April 1933. He served on the light cruiser Nürnberg and in the first months of the war made some patrols on the torpedo boat Luchs. In April 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force. For three months he commanded the school boat U-143 before commissioning the Type VIIC U-boat U-571 in May 1941.

He made eight patrols, mostly in the North Atlantic, but also in the Arctic Sea. Especially successful was his fourth patrol, in which during a single week he sank two ships of more than 10,000 tons. He left the boat in May 1943 to attend a course in the Naval Academy at Berlin.

From September 1943 to December 1944 he served on the BdU org staff. From December 1944 to the end of the war he was the commander of the 14th Flotilla at Narvik, Norway. After the surrender he spent more than four months in captivity.

Patrol info for Helmut Möhlmann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-571	18 Aug 1941	Trondheim	27 Aug 1941	Kirkenes	Patrol 1,	10 days
2.	U-571	28 Aug 1941	Kirkenes	5 Sep 1941	Kiel		9 days
3.	U-571	18 Oct 1941	Kiel	19 Oct 1941	Arendal		2 days
4.	U-571	22 Oct 1941	Arendal	26 Nov 1941	La Pallice	Patrol 2,	36 days
5.	U-571	21 Dec 1941	La Pallice	27 Jan 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 3,	38 days
6.	U-571	10 Mar 1942	La Pallice	7 May 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 4,	59 days
7.	U-571	11 Jun 1942	La Pallice	7 Aug 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 5,	58 days
8.	U-571	3 Oct 1942	La Pallice	14 Nov 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 6,	43 days
9.	U-571	22 Dec 1942	La Pallice	19 Feb 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 7,	60 days
10.	U-571	22 Mar 1943	La Pallice	23 Mar 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 8,	2 days
11.	U-571	25 Mar 1943	La Pallice	1 May 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 8,	38 days
8 patrols, 344 days at sea

Ships hit by Helmut Möhlmann

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
26 Aug, 1941	U-571	Marija Uljanova	3,870		sj		total loss

29 Mar, 1942	U-571	Hertford	10,923		br
6 Apr, 1942	U-571	Koll	10,044		nw
14 Apr, 1942	U-571	Margaret	3,352		am
7 Jul, 1942	U-571	Umtata	8,141		br
8 Jul, 1942	U-571	J.A. Moffett, Jr.	9,788		am		total loss
9 Jul, 1942	U-571	Nicholas Cuneo	1,051		ho
15 Jul, 1942	U-571	Pennsylvania Sun	11,394		am		damaged
			58,563
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.