Hellmut Rathke

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 30)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	3 Dec 1910		Czychen, East Prussia
Died	7 Oct 2001	(90)	Flensburg, Germany

Ranks

1 Apr 1930		Offiziersanwärter
10 Oct 1930		Seekadett
1 Jan 1932		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1934		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1934		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1936		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1939		Kapitänleutnant
1 Jun 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-352	28 Aug 1941	9 May 1942	2 patrols (76 days)

Patrol info for Hellmut Rathke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-352	15 Jan 1942	Kiel	19 Jan 1942	Bergen	Patrol 1,	5 days
2.	U-352	20 Jan 1942	Bergen	26 Feb 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	38 days
3.	U-352	7 Apr 1942	St. Nazaire	9 May 1942	Sunk	Patrol 2,	33 days
2 patrols, 76 days at sea

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.