Wolfgang Kaufmann
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
Successes 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 2,983 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 10,356 GRT 1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 625 tons |
Born | 23 Jun 1912 | Würzburg | |
Died | 27 Mar 1963 | (50) | Bremen, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-9 | 11 Jun 1940 | 20 Oct 1940 | No war patrols |
U-19 | 21 Oct 1940 | 8 Nov 1940 | No war patrols |
U-79 | 13 Mar 1941 | 23 Dec 1941 | 6 patrols (102 days) |
Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.
Patrol info for Wolfgang Kaufmann
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-79 | 5 Jun 1941 | Kiel | 5 Jul 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 31 days | |
2. | U-79 | 21 Jul 1941 | Lorient | 16 Aug 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 27 days | |
3. | U-79 | 14 Sep 1941 | Lorient | 18 Sep 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 5 days | |
4. | U-79 | 28 Sep 1941 | Lorient | 23 Oct 1941 | Salamis | Patrol 4, | 26 days | |
5. | U-79 | 29 Nov 1941 | Salamis | 8 Dec 1941 | Salamis | Patrol 5, | 10 days | |
6. | U-79 | 21 Dec 1941 | Salamis | 23 Dec 1941 | Sunk | Patrol 6, | 3 days | |
6 patrols, 102 days at sea |
Ships hit by Wolfgang Kaufmann
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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11 Jun 1941 | U-79 | Havtor | 1,524 | nw | ||||
27 Jun 1941 | U-79 | Tibia (d.) | 10,356 | nl | HX-133 | |||
27 Jul 1941 | U-79 | Kellwyn | 1,459 | br | OG-69 | |||
21 Oct 1941 | U-79 | HMS Gnat (T 60) (t.) | 625 | br | ||||
13,964 | ||||||||
3 ships sunk (3,608 tons) and 1 ship damaged (10,356 tons). Legend |
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.
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