Siegfried Rollmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
8 ships sunk, total tonnage 51,859 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,190 tons
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 1,999 GRT

Born	13 Sep 1914		Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance
Died	6 Feb 1942	(27)	North Atlantic

Ranks

8 Apr 1934	Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937	Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1942	Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-82	14 May 1941	6 Feb 1942 (+)	3 patrols (102 days)

Siegfried Rollmann joined the German Navy (Reichsmarine) in 1934. He served on the light cruiser Karlsruhe from Nov 39 to March 1940 when he switched to the U-boat force. He finished his U-boat training in Sept and in Oct he was sent as First Watch Officer (1WO) on the U-52 (Kptlt. Otto Salmann). On this boat Rollmann went out on two patrols during which 4 ships were sunk by the boat. He left the boat the following spring.

In March 1941 Oblt. Rollmann started his U-boat commander training with the 24th flotilla, finishing the course in April when he was sent to U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung).

On 14 May 1941 Oblt. Siegfried Rollmann took command of his boat, the brand new U-82. With this boat Rollmann was very successful. During 3 patrols the boat sank 10 ships with a total of over 53,000 GRT, and damaged another ship of 1,999 tons.

U-82 was sunk with all hands on 6 Feb 1942 by British warships HMS Rochester and HMS Tamarisk around convoy ON-18 while returning from the US coast (Niestlé, 1998). Rollmann had reported a small convoy while inbound to Lorient, France and was ordered to shadow it but nothing was heard from him again.

Sources

Busch, R and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestle, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Siegfried Rollmann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-82	12 Jul 1941	Kiel	13 Jul 1941	Horten		2 days
2.	U-82	20 Jul 1941	Horten	23 Jul 1941	Trondheim		4 days
3.	U-82	11 Aug 1941	Trondheim	18 Sep 1941	Lorient	Patrol 1,	39 days
4.	U-82	15 Oct 1941	Lorient	19 Nov 1941	La Pallice	Patrol 2,	36 days
5.	U-82	11 Jan 1942	La Pallice	6 Feb 1942	Sunk	Patrol 3,	27 days
3 patrols, 102 days at sea

Ships hit by Siegfried Rollmann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
10 Sep 1941	U-82	Empire Hudson	7,465	br	SC-42
11 Sep 1941	U-82	Bulysses	7,519	br	SC-42
11 Sep 1941	U-82	Gypsum Queen	3,915	br	SC-42
11 Sep 1941	U-82	Empire Crossbill	5,463	br	SC-42
11 Sep 1941	U-82	Scania (d.)	1,999	sw	SC-42
21 Oct 1941	U-82	Serbino	4,099	br	SL-89
21 Oct 1941	U-82	Treverbyn	5,281	br	SL-89

22 Jan 1942	U-82	Athelcrown	11,999	br	ON-56
23 Jan 1942	U-82	Leiesten	6,118	nw	ON-56
31 Jan 1942	U-82	HMS Belmont (H 46)	1,190	br	NA-2
			55,048
9 ships sunk (53,049 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,999 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.