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Günther Seibicke

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)

Successes
6 ships sunk for a total of 36.208 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 291 tons (lost aboard transport ships)
2 ships damaged for a total of 15.575 GRT

Born	30 Aug, 1911	Eggersdorf, Lebus
Died	26 May, 1943	North Atlantic west of Cape Ortegal

Günther Seibicke

Ranks

1 Jan, 1934	Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep, 1935	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1936	Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1937	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1940	Kapitänleutnant
1 Jun, 1943	Korvettenkapitän (posthumous)

Decorations

17 Sep, 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
16 May, 1940	Iron Cross 1st Class
24 Apr, 1942	U-boat War Badge 1939
27 Mar, 1943	Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-436

27 Sep, 1941

26 May, 1943 (+)

8 patrols (214 days)

Personal information

Kapitänleutnant Günther Seibicke

Günther Seibicke began his naval career in August 1932. This was four months later than usual, due to an accident in which the German sailing school ship Niobe sank in June 1932 after capsizing. Most of the cadets (27 men) of Crew 1932 died in this accident; therefore, a few young men from all over Germany were selected to replace them.

After serving on the light cruiser Königsberg, Seibicke served for more than four years on several minesweepers, starting in 1936. In the first year of the war he received both Iron Crosses. In April 1941 he transferred to the U-boat force and after the usual training he commissioned U-436 in September 1941.

He made eight patrols with the boat, mostly in the Arctic Sea and in the North Atlantic, before U-436 was sunk with all hands in May 1943.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-436	2 Feb, 1942	Kiel	17 Feb, 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol,	16 days
2.	U-436	26 Feb, 1942	Kirkenes	24 Mar, 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol,	27 days
3.	U-436	7 Apr, 1942	Kirkenes	20 Apr, 1942	Kirkenes	Patrol,	14 days
4.	U-436	29 Apr, 1942	Kirkenes	4 May, 1942	Trondheim	Patrol,	6 days
5.	U-436	12 May, 1942	Trondheim	27 May, 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol,	16 days
6.	U-436	30 May, 1942	Skjomenfjord	1 Jun, 1942	Trondheim		3 days
7.	U-436	7 Jun, 1942	Trondheim	11 Jun, 1942	Kiel		5 days
8.	U-436	12 Jun, 1942	Kiel	13 Jun, 1942	Danzig		2 days
9.	U-436	20 Sep, 1942	Danzig	21 Sep, 1942	Kiel		2 days
10.	U-436	6 Oct, 1942	Kiel	12 Nov, 1942	Lorient	Patrol,	38 days
11.	U-436	17 Dec, 1942	Lorient	19 Feb, 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol,	65 days
12.	U-436	25 Apr, 1943	St. Nazaire	26 May, 1943	Sunk	Patrol,	32 days
					8 patrols, 214 days at sea

Ships hit by Günther Seibicke

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
1 Mar, 1942	U-436	RT-19 Komintern	577		sj
13 Apr, 1942	U-436	Kiev	5.823		sj	QP-10
27 Oct, 1942	U-436	Frontenac	7.350		nw	HX-212	damaged
27 Oct, 1942	U-436	Gurney E. Newlin	8.225		am	HX-212	damaged
27 Oct, 1942	U-436	HMS LCT-2281 [Trans.]	291		br	HX-212
27 Oct, 1942	U-436	Sourabaya	10.107		br	HX-212
29 Oct, 1942	U-436	Barrwhin	4.998		br	HX-212

8 Jan, 1943	U-436	Albert L. Ellsworth	8.309		nw	TM-1
8 Jan, 1943	U-436	Oltenia II	6.394		br	TM-1
			52.074
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. [Trans.] indicates the vessel was lost while being transported on another vessel.