| Born | 26 Sep 1917 | Berlin | |
| Died | 7 Aug 2010 | (92) | Karlsruhe, Germany |
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Ranks
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-276 | 9 Dec 1942 | 19 Oct 1943 | No war patrols |
| U-716 | Feb, 1945 | 9 May 1945 | 3 patrols (44 days) |
Jürgen Thimme joined the Kriegsmarine in 1937. He was a Watch Officer (WO) in fleet escort F from Aug 1940 to May 1941. From May to Sept 1941 he served as a Watch Officer with the 3rd Minesweeping Flotilla (Busch & Röll, 1999).
He went through U-boat training from Sept 1941 to April 1942 when he was assigned as the First Watch Officer (1WO) on the U-214 (Kptlt. Günther Reeder). Jürgen Thimme left the boat in Oct 1942 after 2 patrols (Busch & Röll, 1999).
In Oct 1942 Thimme began his U-boat Commander training with the 24th (Training) Flotilla from when he began his U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung) at Bremen to prepare for his own command. On 9 Dec 1942 Oblt. Jürgen Thimme commissioned the brand new type VIIC boat U-278. In Oct 1943 he left the boat having never gone out on patrol with her (Busch & Röll, 1999).
From Oct 1943 to Nov 1944 Thimme served as a Watch officer with the 8th and 11th Flotillas. Then he was a supernumerary Watch Officer on the U-294 until Jan 1945 (Busch & Röll, 1999).
On 26 Jan 1945 Oblt. Jürgen Thimme took command of the veteran boat U-716 then stationed in Norway. He took the boat out on 3 patrols in the Arctic Ocean (Busch & Röll, 1997). He surrendered his boat at Narvik, Norway on 9 May 1945 (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Jürgen Thimme
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-716 | 18 Feb 1945 | Harstad | 24 Feb 1945 | Harstad | Patrol 1, | 7 days | |
| 2. | U-716 | 25 Feb 1945 | Harstad | 26 Feb 1945 | Bogenbucht | 2 days | ||
| 3. | U-716 | 12 Mar 1945 | Bogenbucht | 9 Apr 1945 | Narvik | Patrol 2, | 29 days | |
| 4. | U-716 | 21 Apr 1945 | Narvik | 28 Apr 1945 | Narvik | Patrol 3, | 8 days | |
| 5. | U-716 | 12 May 1945 | Narvik | 12 May 1945 | Skjomenfjord | 1 days | ||
| 6. | U-716 | 15 May 1945 | Skjomenfjord | 19 May 1945 | Loch Eriboll, UK | 5 days | ||
| 3 patrols, 44 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.
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