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The Men - The Commander listing

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	Indian Ocean off Madagascar

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Ranks

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

Decorations

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

U-boat Commands

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

	U-boat	Departure		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	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
28 Jul, 1941	U-561	Wrotham	1.884		br	OG-69
11 Nov, 1941	U-561	Meridian	5.592		pa	SC-53
14 Nov, 1941	U-561	Crusader	2.939		pa	SC-53

14 May, 1942	U-561	Fred [Mine]	4.043		gr		damaged
14 May, 1942	U-561	Hav [Mine]	5.062		nw		total loss
14 May, 1942	U-561	Mount Olympus [Mine]	6.692		gr

20 May, 1943	U-197	Benakat	4.763		nl
24 Jul, 1943	U-197	Pegasus	9.583		sw
30 Jul, 1943	U-197	William Ellery	7.181		am		damaged
17 Aug, 1943	U-197	Empire Stanley	6.921		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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