Günter Wieboldt

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

Successes
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,150 tons

Born	9 Feb 1919		Bremerhaven, Germany
Died	14 Mar 2000	(81)	Heiligenhafen, Germany

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-295	20 Oct 1943	19 May 1945	6 patrols (111 days)

Patrol info for Günter Wieboldt

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-295	10 Jun 1944	Kiel	13 Jun 1944	Egersund		4 days
2.	U-295	13 Jul 1944	Egersund	17 Jul 1944	Bergen	Patrol 1,	5 days
3.	U-295	28 Jul 1944	Bergen	29 Jul 1944	Kristiansand		2 days
4.	U-295	12 Sep 1944	Kristiansand	14 Sep 1944	Stavanger		3 days
5.	U-295	1 Oct 1944	Stavanger	5 Oct 1944	Trondheim		5 days
6.	U-295	6 Oct 1944	Trondheim	9 Nov 1944	Harstad	Patrol 2,	35 days
7.	U-295	18 Nov 1944	Harstad	18 Dec 1944	Harstad	Patrol 3,	31 days
8.	U-295	7 Jan 1945	Harstad	10 Jan 1945	Narvik	Patrol 4,	4 days
9.	U-295	16 Jan 1945	Narvik	28 Jan 1945	Narvik	Patrol 5,	13 days
10.	U-295	15 Apr 1945	Narvik	7 May 1945	Narvik	Patrol 6,	23 days
11.	U-295	12 May 1945	Narvik	12 May 1945	Skjomenfjord		1 days
12.	U-295	15 May 1945	Skjomenfjord	19 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK		5 days
6 patrols, 111 days at sea

Ships hit by Günter Wieboldt

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
2 Nov 1944	U-295	HMS Mounsey (K 569) (d.)	1,150	br	RA-61
	1,150
1 ship damaged (1,150 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

2 Nov 1944

U-295

HMS Mounsey (K 569) (d.)

1,150

RA-61

1,150

1 ship damaged (1,150 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.