Herbert Uhlig

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,242 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 291 tons (lost aboard transport ships)
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 5,848 GRT

Born	27 Feb 1916		Chemnitz
Died	20 Oct 1997	(81)	Buchholz, Germany

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 Jun 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-527	2 Sep 1942	23 Jul 1943	2 patrols (138 days)

Patrol info for Herbert Uhlig

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-527	9 Feb 1943	Kiel	12 Apr 1943	Lorient	Patrol 1,	63 days
2.	U-527	10 May 1943	Lorient	23 Jul 1943	Sunk	Patrol 2,	75 days
2 patrols, 138 days at sea

Ships hit by Herbert Uhlig

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
8 Mar 1943	U-527	Fort Lamy	5,242	br	SC-121
8 Mar 1943	U-527	HMS LCT-2480 [Trans.]	291	br	SC-121
19 Mar 1943	U-527	Mathew Luckenbach (d.)	5,848	am	HX-229
			11,381
2 ships sunk (5,533 tons) and 1 ship damaged (5,848 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. [Trans.] indicates the vessel was lost while being transported on another 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.