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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, 1911Kiel-Pries
Died  20 Aug, 1943Indian Ocean off Madagascar

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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

1939Iron Cross 2nd Class
Nov, 1939U-boat War Badge 1939
1941Iron Cross 1st Class
28 Aug, 1942German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-13924 Jul, 1940 - 20 Dec, 1940  No war patrols 
U-56113 Mar, 1941 - 5 Sep, 1942  8 patrols (243 days) 
U-19710 Oct, 1942 - 20 Aug, 1943 (+)  1 patrol (140 days) 


Patrol info


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

9 patrols, 383 days at sea

Ships hit by Robert Bartels


Date BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
28 Jul, 1941 U-561Wrotham1.884 br OG-69 
11 Nov, 1941 U-561Meridian5.592 pa SC-53 
14 Nov, 1941 U-561Crusader2.939 pa SC-53 
 
14 May, 1942 U-561Fred [Mine]4.043 gr damaged
14 May, 1942 U-561Hav [Mine]5.062 nw total loss
14 May, 1942 U-561Mount Olympus [Mine]6.692 gr 
 
20 May, 1943 U-197Benakat4.763 nl 
24 Jul, 1943 U-197Pegasus9.583 sw 
30 Jul, 1943 U-197William Ellery7.181 am damaged
17 Aug, 1943 U-197Empire Stanley6.921 br 
 54.660

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine.

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

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