Jürgen Kuhlmann

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,599 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,429 GRT
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 11,400 tons

Born	3 Mar 1920		Weissenfels
Died	27 Jan 1945	(24)	St George's Channel

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1172	20 Apr 1944	27 Jan 1945 (+)	1 patrol (37 days)

Patrol info for Jürgen Kuhlmann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1172	7 Dec 1944	Kiel	10 Dec 1944	Horten		4 days
2.	U-1172	22 Dec 1944	Horten	27 Jan 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	37 days

Ships hit by Jürgen Kuhlmann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
15 Jan 1945	U-1172	HMS Thane (D 83) (t.)	11,400	br
15 Jan 1945	U-1172	Spinanger (d.)	7,429	nw
23 Jan 1945	U-1172	Vigsnes	1,599	nw	MH-1
			20,428
2 ships sunk (12,999 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,429 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

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.