Rolf Manke

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 17,753 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,192 tons

Born	21 Dec 1915		Berlin-Lichterfelde
Died	1 Mar 1944	(28)	North Atlantic

Kptlt. Rolf Manke

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 Jan 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
		U-boat Front Clasp
		U-boat War Badge 1939
14 Feb 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-358	15 Aug 1942	1 Mar 1944 (+)	5 patrols (246 days)

Kptlt. Rolf Manke on U-358's conning tower.

Patrol info for Rolf Manke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-358	12 Jan 1943	Kiel	14 Jan 1943	Kristiansand	Patrol 1,	3 days
2.	U-358	16 Jan 1943	Kristiansand	8 Mar 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	52 days
3.	U-358	11 Apr 1943	St. Nazaire	15 May 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	35 days
4.	U-358	10 Jun 1943	St. Nazaire	1 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	84 days
5.	U-358	23 Oct 1943	St. Nazaire	16 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	55 days
6.	U-358	14 Feb 1944	St. Nazaire	1 Mar 1944	Sunk	Patrol 5,	17 days
5 patrols, 246 days at sea

Ships hit by Rolf Manke

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
22 Jan 1943	U-358	Neva	1,456	sw	UR-59
26 Jan 1943	U-358	Nortind	8,221	nw	HX-223
5 May 1943	U-358	Bristol City	2,864	br	ONS-5
5 May 1943	U-358	Wentworth	5,212	br	ONS-5

1 Mar 1944	U-358	HMS Gould (K 476)	1,192	br
			18,945
5 ships sunk (18,945 tons). Legend We have a picture of this 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.