Hermann Rigele

Fregattenkapitän (Crew kuk 09)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,041 GRT

Born	16 Sep 1891		Sarajevo, Bosnia
Died	18 Oct 1982	(91)	Vienna, Austria

Herman Rigele during WWI

Ranks

1 May 1912		Fregattenleutnant
1 May 1916		Linenschiffleutnant
1 Sep 1942		Fregattenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
UD-1	21 Nov 1940	3 May 1941	No war patrols
UD-3	8 Jun 1941	23 Oct 1943	3 patrols (103 days)

Fregattenkapitän Hermann Rigele was one of the oldest U-boat commanders of WWII to depart on patrol when he took UD-3 out from Kiel, Germany on 3 Oct 1942. He was 51 years old. He arrived at Lorient 20 days later. In all he would take UD-3 on three operational patrols, 103 days at sea.

He commanded the 32nd (Training) Flotilla from 1944 - Mar 1945, and from then until the end of the war, the port of Trieste.

Hermann Rigele was a U-boat commander in the 1st World War. See his WWI page.

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).

Patrol info for Hermann Rigele

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	UD-3	3 Oct 1942	Kiel	22 Oct 1942	Lorient	Patrol 1,	20 days
2.	UD-3	3 Nov 1942	Lorient	7 Jan 1943	Lorient	Patrol 2,	66 days
3.	UD-3	10 Feb 1943	Lorient	26 Feb 1943	Bergen	Patrol 3,	17 days
4.	UD-3	27 Feb 1943	Bergen	3 Mar 1943	Gotenhafen		5 days
3 patrols, 103 days at sea