Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 7 Nov, 1893 | Weimar |
| Died | 24 Jul, 1943 | north-west of Cape Ortegal |
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| 1 Jun, 1942 | Korvettenkapitän |
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U-boat Commands
| U-2 | 6 Aug, 1940 | - | Oct, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-459 | 15 Nov, 1941 | - | 24 Jul, 1943 (+) | 6 patrols (297 days) |
Personal information
When his boat was fatally damaged by 2 Wellington aircraft (and 18 Germans from it dead already) Wilamowitz-Möllendorf ordered his men to abandon ship and saluted then as they rowed away in dinghies and went below to open the scuttling vents. He went down with this boat.
His men were picked up the Polish destroyer Orkan about 7 hours later.
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
| 1. |
U-459
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21 Mar, 1942 | Kiel | 22 Mar, 1942 | Helgoland | | 2 days |
| 2. |
U-459
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29 Mar, 1942 | Helgoland | 15 May, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 48 days |
| 3. |
U-459
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6 Jun, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 19 Jul, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 44 days |
| 4. |
U-459
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18 Aug, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 4 Nov, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 79 days |
| 5. |
U-459
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20 Dec, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 7 Mar, 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol, | 78 days |
| 6. |
U-459
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20 Apr, 1943 | Bordeaux | 3 Jun, 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol, | 45 days |
| 7. |
U-459
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22 Jul, 1943 | Bordeaux | 24 Jul, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 6 patrols, 297 days at sea |
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