Helmut Knollmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	9 Aug 1918		Meinerzhagen, Bergisch Land
Died	17 Feb 1945	(26)	Oslofjord, Norway

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1944		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1273	7 Jul 1944	17 Feb 1945 (+)	1 patrol (1 days)

Patrol info for Helmut Knollmann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1273	10 Feb 1945	Kiel	14 Feb 1945	Horten		5 days
2.	U-1273	17 Feb 1945	Horten	17 Feb 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	1 days

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.