Robert Bartels

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)


Successes
7 ships sunk for a total of 38,374 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 11,224 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 5,062 GRT

Born  28 Apr 1911 Kiel-Pries
Died  20 Aug 1943(32)Indian Ocean off Madagascar

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Robert Bartels
available now.


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Ranks

3 Apr 1935Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939Oberleutnant zur See
1 Feb 1942Kapitänleutnant
1 Aug 1943Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

2 Oct 1939Iron Cross 2nd Class
27 Nov 1939U-boat War Badge 1939
1941Iron Cross 1st Class
28 Aug 1942German Cross in Gold
17 Sep 1942Italienische Tapferkeitsmedaille in Bronze Im Felde "Medaglia di Bronzo al Valore Militare sul campo"

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-139 24 Jul 1940 20 Dec 1940   No war patrols 
U-561 13 Mar 1941 5 Sep 1942   8 patrols (243 days) 
U-197 10 Oct 1942 20 Aug 1943  (+)  1 patrol (140 days) 

Patrol info for Robert Bartels


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-561 25 May 1941  Kiel  1 Aug 1941  Brest  Patrol 1,69 days
2. U-561 20 Aug 1941  Brest  20 Sep 1941  Lorient  Patrol 2,32 days
3. U-561 1 Nov 1941  Lorient  26 Nov 1941  Brest  Patrol 3,26 days
4. U-561 3 Jan 1942  Brest  22 Jan 1942  Messina  Patrol 4,20 days
5. U-561 26 Jan 1942  Messina  20 Feb 1942  Pola  Patrol 5,26 days
6. U-561 4 Apr 1942  Pola  5 May 1942  Pola  Patrol 6,32 days
7. U-561 11 Jun 1942  Pola  25 Jun 1942  Messina  Patrol 7,15 days
8. U-561 2 Jul 1942  Messina  24 Jul 1942  La Spezia  Patrol 8,23 days
9. U-197 3 Apr 1943  Kiel  20 Aug 1943  Sunk  Patrol 9,140 days
9 patrols, 383 days at sea

Ships hit by Robert Bartels

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
28 Jul 1941U-561 Wrotham1,884brOG-69
11 Nov 1941U-561 Meridian5,592paSC-53
14 Nov 1941U-561 Crusader2,939paSC-53
 
14 May 1942U-561 Fred (d.) [Mine]4,043gr
14 May 1942U-561 Hav (t.) [Mine]5,062nw
14 May 1942U-561 Mount Olympus [Mine]6,692gr
 
20 May 1943U-197 Benakat4,763nl
24 Jul 1943U-197 Pegasus9,583sw
30 Jul 1943U-197 William Ellery (d.)7,181am
17 Aug 1943U-197 Empire Stanley6,921br
 54,660

8 ships sunk (43,436 tons) and 2 ships damaged (11,224 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.


About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

Listing of all U-boat commanders