Friedhelm Schweiger

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  7 Mar 1917 Ziegenhals, Silesia
Died  1 Sep 1998(81)Bad Nauheim, Germany


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937 Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937 Seekadett
1 May 1938 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939 Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1944 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

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U-313 20 May 1943 9 May 1945   12 patrols (279 days) 


Patrol info for Friedhelm Schweiger

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-313 20 Jan 1944  Kiel  23 Jan 1944  Stavanger   4 days
2. U-313 24 Jan 1944  Stavanger  25 Jan 1944  Bergen   2 days
3. U-313 26 Jan 1944  Bergen  2 Feb 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 1,8 days
4. U-313 7 Feb 1944  Hammerfest  29 Feb 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 1,23 days
5. U-313 15 Mar 1944  Hammerfest  13 Apr 1944  Narvik  Patrol 2,30 days
6. U-313 25 Apr 1944  Narvik  12 May 1944  Narvik  Patrol 3,18 days
7. U-313 30 May 1944  Narvik  3 Jul 1944  Bergen  Patrol 4,35 days
8. U-313 6 Sep 1944  Bergen  14 Sep 1944  Narvik  Patrol 5,9 days
9. U-313 20 Sep 1944  Narvik  23 Sep 1944  Skillefjord  Patrol 6,4 days
10. U-313 26 Sep 1944  Skillefjord  3 Nov 1944  Narvik  Patrol 7,39 days
11. U-313 23 Nov 1944  Narvik  6 Dec 1944  Bogenbucht  Patrol 8,14 days
12. U-313 11 Dec 1944  Bogenbucht  16 Dec 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 9,6 days
13. U-313 23 Dec 1944  Trondheim  17 Feb 1945  Narvik  Patrol 10,57 days
14. U-313 16 Mar 1945  Narvik  29 Mar 1945  Harstad  Patrol 11,14 days
15. U-313 17 Apr 1945  Harstad  8 May 1945  Narvik  Patrol 12,22 days
16. U-313 12 May 1945  Narvik  12 May 1945  Skjomenfjord   1 days
17. U-313 15 May 1945  Skjomenfjord  19 May 1945  Loch Eriboll, UK   5 days
12 patrols, 279 days at sea


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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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