Walter Köhntopp

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  19 Apr 1911 Marienthal
Died  19 Feb 2000(88)Marienthal, Germany


Ranks

14 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-14 1 Jul 1942 20 Jul 1943   No war patrols 
U-995 16 Sep 1943 9 Oct 1944   4 patrols (55 days) 

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Walter Köhntopp

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-995 25 Apr 1944  Kiel  27 Apr 1944  Kristiansand   3 days
2. U-995 28 Apr 1944  Kristiansand  28 Apr 1944  Flekkefjord   1 days
3. U-995 16 May 1944  Flekkefjord  16 May 1944  Bergen   1 days
4. U-995 18 May 1944  Bergen  23 May 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 1,6 days
5. U-995 30 Jun 1944  Trondheim  1 Jul 1944  Narvik   2 days
6. U-995 3 Jul 1944  Narvik  28 Jul 1944  Narvik  Patrol 2,26 days
7. U-995 30 Jul 1944  Narvik  2 Aug 1944  Trondheim   4 days
8. U-995 17 Aug 1944  Trondheim  19 Aug 1944  Narvik   3 days
9. U-995 23 Aug 1944  Narvik  24 Aug 1944  Tromsö   2 days
10. U-995 26 Aug 1944  Tromsö  26 Aug 1944  Hammerfest   1 days
11. U-995 29 Aug 1944  Hammerfest  11 Sep 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 3,14 days
12. U-995 12 Sep 1944  Hammerfest  14 Sep 1944  Narvik   3 days
13. U-995 25 Sep 1944  Narvik  3 Oct 1944  Skjomenfjord  Patrol 4,9 days
4 patrols, 55 days at sea

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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