| Born | 19 Jan 1917 | Hamburg | |
| Died | 17 Feb 1943 | (26) | Newfoundland |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-351 | 15 Dec 1941 | 24 Aug 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-201 | 25 Aug 1942 | 17 Feb 1943 (+) | 2 patrols (97 days) |
Crew of 1936
Günther Rosenberg was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.
Patrol info for Günther Rosenberg
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-201 | 6 Sep 1942 | Brest | 26 Oct 1942 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 51 days | |
| 2. | U-201 | 27 Dec 1942 | Brest | 29 Dec 1942 | Brest | 3 days | ||
| 3. | U-201 | 3 Jan 1943 | Brest | 17 Feb 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 2, | 46 days | |
| 2 patrols, 97 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Günther Rosenberg
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 1942 | U-201 | Alcoa Transport | 2,084 |  | am | |||
| 8 Oct 1942 | U-201 |  | John Carter Rose | 7,191 | | am | TRIN-15 | |
| 9 Oct 1942 | U-201 | | Flensburg | 6,421 |  | nl | ||
| 15,696 | ||||||||
3 ships sunk (15,696 tons). Legend | ||||||||
About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.
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