The Men - U-boat Commanders

Wolf-Harro Stiebler

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,353 GRT

Born	4 Aug 1907		Hann, Münden
Died	23 May 1991	(83)

Ranks

1 Sep 1935		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1937		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1939		Kapitänleutnant
1 Jun 1943		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-8	6 Sep 1939	13 Oct 1939	No war patrols
U-17	18 Oct 1939	5 Jan 1940	No war patrols
U-21	6 Jan 1940	28 Jul 1940	2 patrols (21 days)
U-61	28 Jul 1940	5 Nov 1940	2 patrols (35 days)
U-461	22 Apr 1942	30 Jul 1943	6 patrols (227 days)

Patrol info for Wolf-Harro Stiebler

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-21	27 Jan 1940	Kiel	9 Feb 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 1,	14 days
2.	U-21	21 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	27 Mar 1940	Mandal, Norway	Patrol 2,	7 days
3.	U-21	16 Apr 1940	Kristiansand	20 Apr 1940	Kiel		5 days
4.	U-61	29 Aug 1940	Kiel	15 Sep 1940	Lorient	Patrol 3,	18 days
5.	U-61	24 Sep 1940	Lorient	10 Oct 1940	Kiel	Patrol 4,	17 days
6.	U-461	21 Jun 1942	Kiel	16 Aug 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 5,	57 days
7.	U-461	7 Sep 1942	St. Nazaire	17 Oct 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 6,	41 days
8.	U-461	19 Nov 1942	St. Nazaire	3 Jan 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 7,	46 days
9.	U-461	13 Feb 1943	St. Nazaire	22 Mar 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 8,	38 days
10.	U-461	20 Apr 1943	St. Nazaire	30 May 1943	Bordeaux	Patrol 9,	41 days
11.	U-461	22 Jul 1943	Bordeaux	23 Jul 1943	Bordeaux		2 days
12.	U-461	27 Jul 1943	Bordeaux	30 Jul 1943	Sunk	Patrol 10,	4 days
10 patrols, 283 days at sea

Ships hit by Wolf-Harro Stiebler

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

31 Jan 1940

1,353

da

1,353

1 ship sunk (1,353 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

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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