Herbert Uhlig
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
| Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,242 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 291 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 5,848 GRT |
| Born | 27 Feb 1916 | Chemnitz | |
| Died | 20 Oct 1997 | (81) |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-527 | 2 Sep 1942 | 23 Jul 1943 | 2 patrols (138 days) |
Patrol info for Herbert Uhlig
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-527 | 9 Feb 1943 | Kiel | 12 Apr 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 63 days | |
| 2. | U-527 | 10 May 1943 | Lorient | 23 Jul 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 2, | 75 days | |
| 2 patrols, 138 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Herbert Uhlig
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 8 Mar 1943 | U-527 | Fort Lamy | 5,242 |  | br | SC-121 | |
| 8 Mar 1943 | U-527 | HMS LCT-2480 [Trans.] | 291 | | br | SC-121 | |
| 19 Mar 1943 | U-527 |  | Mathew Luckenbach (d.) | 5,848 |  | am | HX-229 |
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2 ships sunk (5,533 tons) and 1 ship damaged (5,848 tons). Legend | |||||||
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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