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 | (30) | Central Atlantic, aboard U-185 |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| 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 for Horst Höltring
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-149 | 18 Jun 1941 | Gotenhafen | 11 Jul 1941 | Gotenhafen | Patrol 1, | 24 days | |
| 2. | U-604 | 4 Aug 1942 | Kiel | 8 Sep 1942 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 36 days | |
| 3. | U-604 | 14 Oct 1942 | Brest | 5 Nov 1942 | Brest | Patrol 3, | 23 days | |
| 4. | U-604 | 26 Nov 1942 | Brest | 31 Dec 1942 | Brest | Patrol 4, | 36 days | |
| 5. | U-604 | 8 Feb 1943 | Brest | 9 Mar 1943 | Brest | Patrol 5, | 30 days | |
| 6. | U-604 | 22 Apr 1943 | Brest | 26 Apr 1943 | Brest | Patrol 6, | 5 days | |
| 7. | U-604 | 24 Jun 1943 | Brest | 11 Aug 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 7, | 49 days | |
| 7 patrols, 203 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Horst Höltring
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 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 | |||||||
7 ships sunk (40,097 tons). Legend | |||||||
About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.