| Born | 5 Sep, 1914 | Hannover |
| Died | 20 Jan, 1944 | Bay of Biscay |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-20 | 5 Dec, 1941 | - | 27 Mar, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-263 | 6 May, 1942 | - | 20 Jan, 1944 (+) | 2 patrols (36 days) |
| U-584 | 20 Dec, 1942 | - | 11 Feb, 1943 | No war patrols |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-263 | 27 Oct, 1942 | Kiel | 29 Nov, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 34 days |
| 2. | U-584 | 30 Oct, 1942 | Brest | 11 Feb, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 105 days |
| 3. | U-263 | 19 Jan, 1944 | La Pallice | 20 Jan, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 2 days |
| 3 patrols, 141 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Kurt Nölke
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 20 Nov, 1942 | U-263 | Grangepark | 5.132 |  | br | KMS-3 | |
| 20 Nov, 1942 | U-263 | Prins Harald | 7.244 |  | nw | KMS-3 | |
| 12.376 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.