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


Ranks

1 Mar, 1941Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-14913 Nov, 1940 - 30 Nov, 1941  1 patrol (24 days) 
U-6048 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-boatDeparture 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 BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
27 Jun, 1941 U-149M-99206 sj 
 
25 Aug, 1942 U-604Abbekerk7.906 nl 
27 Oct, 1942 U-604Anglo Mærsk7.705 br SL-125 
30 Oct, 1942 U-604Baron Vernon3.642 br SL-125 
30 Oct, 1942 U-604Président Doumer11.898 br SL-125 
2 Dec, 1942 U-604Coamo7.057 am MKF-3 
 
23 Feb, 1943 U-604Stockport1.683 br ON-166 
 40.097

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.


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