Paul Siegmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 2,868 GRT
3 warships sunk, total tonnage 3,585 tons

Born	24 May 1913		Hamburg
Died	29 Jun 1986	(73)

Ranks

5 Apr 1935		Offiziersanwärter
25 Sep 1935		Seekadett
1 Jul 1936		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
4 Oct 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-612	5 Mar 1942	6 Aug 1942	No war patrols
U-230	24 Oct 1942	11 Aug 1944	7 patrols (253 days)
U-2507	8 Sep 1944	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Paul Siegmann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-230	4 Feb 1943	Kiel	9 Feb 1943	Bergen		6 days
2.	U-230	11 Feb 1943	Bergen	31 Mar 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	49 days
3.	U-230	24 Apr 1943	Brest	24 May 1943	Brest	Patrol 2,	31 days
4.	U-230	5 Jul 1943	Brest	8 Sep 1943	Brest	Patrol 3,	66 days
5.	U-230	22 Nov 1943	Brest	16 Dec 1943	Toulon	Patrol 4,	25 days
6.	U-230	19 Jan 1944	Toulon	24 Feb 1944	La Spezia	Patrol 5,	37 days
7.	U-230	6 Apr 1944	La Spezia	9 Apr 1944	Toulon		4 days
8.	U-230	11 Apr 1944	Toulon	21 May 1944	La Spezia	Patrol 6,	41 days
9.	U-230	27 Jun 1944	La Spezia	30 Jun 1944	Toulon	Patrol 7,	4 days
7 patrols, 253 days at sea

Ships hit by Paul Siegmann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
7 Mar 1943	U-230	Egyptian	2,868	br	SC-121

16 Feb 1944	U-230	HMS LST-418	1,625	br	Shingle
20 Feb 1944	U-230	HMS LST-305	1,625	br	Shingle
9 May 1944	U-230	USS PC-558	335	am
			6,453
4 ships sunk (6,453 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.