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Horst Höltring

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
6 ships sunk for a total of 39.891 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 206 tons

Born	30 Jun, 1913	Altona
Died	24 Aug, 1943	Central Atlantic, aboard U-185

U-boat Commands

U-149	13 Nov, 1940	-	30 Nov, 1941	1 patrol (24 days)
U-604	8 Jan, 1942	-	11 Aug, 1943	6 patrols (179 days)

Personal information

Horst Höltring survived the loss of his boat, the U-604, but died when the boat that rescued part of his crew, U-185 was sunk 13 days later. 14 men from U-604 died on the U-185. U-172 rescued the other part of Höltring's crew and reached port with them.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-149	18 Jun, 1941	Gotenhafen	11 Jul, 1941	Gotenhafen	Patrol,	24 days
2.	U-604	4 Aug, 1942	Kiel	8 Sep, 1942	Brest	Patrol,	36 days
3.	U-604	14 Oct, 1942	Brest	5 Nov, 1942	Brest	Patrol,	23 days
4.	U-604	26 Nov, 1942	Brest	31 Dec, 1942	Brest	Patrol,	36 days
5.	U-604	8 Feb, 1943	Brest	9 Mar, 1943	Brest	Patrol,	30 days
6.	U-604	22 Apr, 1943	Brest	26 Apr, 1943	Brest	Patrol,	5 days
7.	U-604	24 Jun, 1943	Brest	11 Aug, 1943	Sunk	Patrol,	49 days
					7 patrols, 203 days at sea

Ships hit by Horst Höltring

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
27 Jun, 1941	U-149	M-99	206		sj

25 Aug, 1942	U-604	Abbekerk	7.906		nl
27 Oct, 1942	U-604	Anglo Mærsk	7.705		br	SL-125
30 Oct, 1942	U-604	Baron Vernon	3.642		br	SL-125
30 Oct, 1942	U-604	Président Doumer	11.898		br	SL-125
2 Dec, 1942	U-604	Coamo	7.057		am	MKF-3

23 Feb, 1943	U-604	Stockport	1.683		br	ON-166
			40.097
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.