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U-Boat Commanders

Post war Casualties

This listing shows U-boat Commanders who have passed away post-war according to our databases. This listing is not complete. If you spot something missing please let us know so we can fix it.

DateCommander

1945
13 May, 1945Lüth, Wolfgang (31)
19 May, 1945Steinhoff, Friedrich (35)
23 May, 1945Friedeburg, Hans-Georg von (49)
4 Jun, 1945Zipfel, Rudolf (30)
14 Jun, 1945Boldt, Walter (23)
12 Aug, 1945Buttjer, Johann (33)
29 Nov, 1945Steinfeldt, Friedrich (30)
30 Nov, 1945Eck, Heinz-Wilhelm (29)

1947
21 Aug, 1947Heyda, Wolfgang (33)

1948
12 Apr, 1948Kruschka, Max (28)

1950
23 Sep, 1950Schütze, Viktor (44)

1954
30 Mar, 1954Atzinger, Siegfried (37)

1955
16 Feb, 1955Herbschleb, Karl-Heinz (44)
30 Jun, 1955Kottmann, Hermann (39)
29 Sep, 1955Ambrosius, Wilhelm (52)
1 Dec, 1955Hinz, Rudolf (35)

1956
16 Apr, 1956Praetorius, Friedrich-Hermann (52)

1957
23 Sep, 1957Buscher, Hans (39)

1960
21 Nov, 1960Schulz, Werner-Karl (50)

1961
6 Feb, 1961Mahn, Bruno (73)

1962
24 Apr, 1962Sachs, Erwin (74)

1963
27 Mar, 1963Kaufmann, Wolfgang (50)
26 Apr, 1963Hartmann, Werner (60)
10 Dec, 1963Ketelsen, Wolfgang (52)

1964
10 Jan, 1964Krüger, Erich (45)
26 Jan, 1964Franz, Johannes (56)
4 May, 1964Ohlenburg, Willy (49)
17 Jul, 1964Zapp, Richard (60)

1965
10 Feb, 1965Fenski, Horst-Arno (46)
27 Mar, 1965Lottner, Ernst (44)
5 Oct, 1965Franzius, Rudolf (54)
12 Oct, 1965Schneidewind, Karl-Hermann (58)
23 Oct, 1965Hechler, Ernst (57)

1966
6 Jan, 1966Brandi, Albrecht (51)
25 Apr, 1966Pfeffer, Günther (51)
13 Nov, 1966Neitzel, Karl (65)

1967
3 Mar, 1967Lange, Harald (63)
12 Apr, 1967Hinsch, Hans-Peter (52)
15 Nov, 1967Fritz, Detlev (46)

1968
21 Jan, 1968Schuch, Heinrich (61)
4 Apr, 1968Hessler, Günter (58)
11 Jul, 1968Sporn, Wolfgang (55)

1969
16 Jan, 1969Euler, Klaus (50)
28 Sep, 1969Frauenheim, Fritz (57)

1970
1 Apr, 1970Schauer, Werner (47)
12 Apr, 1970Schendel, Rudolf (56)
21 Apr, 1970Salman, Otto (61)
25 Oct, 1970Boddenberg, Karl (56)
19 Nov, 1970Heyse, Ulrich (64)
30 Dec, 1970Fischer, Heinz (66)

1971
13 Jan, 1971Burghagen, Walter (79)
10 Apr, 1971Quaet-Faslem, Jürgen (57)
1 Sep, 1971Ibbeken, Hans (71)
26 Nov, 1971Hewicker, August-Wilhelm (53)

1972
9 Sep, 1972Winter, Werner (60)

1973
25 Jan, 1973Klug, Werner (53)
26 Aug, 1973Marienfeld, Friedrich-Wilhelm (53)
17 Sep, 1973Sommer, Helmut (59)
21 Oct, 1973Böttcher, Richard (67)

1974
9 Jan, 1974Kentrat, Eitel-Friedrich (67)
12 Apr, 1974Timm, Heinrich (63)
10 Jun, 1974Rasch, Hermann (59)

1975
29 Sep, 1975Metzler, Jost (66)
12 Dec, 1975Freiwald, Kurt (69)
16 Dec, 1975Fleige, Karl (70)

1976
5 Apr, 1976Heidtmann, Hans (61)
27 Aug, 1976Scheer, Werner (83)
14 Nov, 1976Zahn, Wilhelm (66)

1977
9 Jan, 1977Bleichrodt, Heinrich (67)
12 Apr, 1977Korfmann, Fritz-Otto (54)
12 Apr, 1977Möhlmann, Helmut (63)
14 Aug, 1977Grochowiak, Edmund (59)

1978
26 Mar, 1978Wolf, Eckehard (60)
2 Aug, 1978Schmidt, Werner von (72)
30 Sep, 1978Gramitzky, Franz (62)
6 Oct, 1978Spahr, Wilhelm (74)
15 Nov, 1978Janssen, Gustav-Adolf (63)
26 Dec, 1978Vowe, Bruno (74)

1979
11 May, 1979Schlippenbach, Freiherr Egon Reiner von (65)
14 Jul, 1979Remus, Werner (59)
4 Sep, 1979Reff, Reinhard (66)
2 Nov, 1979Kals, Ernst (74)
6 Dec, 1979Rüggeberg, Rolf (72)

1980
13 Feb, 1980Witt, Hans-Ludwig (70)
25 Feb, 1980Harms, Otto (70)
25 May, 1980Jacobs, Paul (65)
7 Jul, 1980Voigt, Horst (60)
9 Sep, 1980Thilo, Ulrich (77)
22 Sep, 1980Neide, Kurt (64)
24 Dec, 1980Dieterich, Max Bernd (66)
31 Dec, 1980Arco-Zinneberg, Graf Ulrich-Philipp von und zu (63)

1981
5 Feb, 1981Bach, Joachim-Werner (62)
20 Feb, 1981Gossler, Kurt von (75)
10 Jun, 1981Baldus, Hugo (60)
16 Aug, 1981Prützmann, Robert (78)
25 Nov, 1981Lehmann, Hans (66)

1982
19 Jan, 1982Klusmeier, Emil (69)
2 Feb, 1982Ites, Otto (64)
5 Mar, 1982Münster, Helmut (65)
29 Apr, 1982Jenisch, Hans (68)
13 Aug, 1982Wohlfarth, Herbert (67)
9 Oct, 1982Bernbeck, Hinrich-Oscar (68)
18 Oct, 1982Liebe, Johannes (69)
18 Oct, 1982Rigele, Hermann (91)
4 Nov, 1982Schnee, Adalbert (68)
20 Nov, 1982Eberbach, Heinz-Eugen (61)

1983
3 Jan, 1983Luther, Otto (64)
24 Jan, 1983Schaar, Gerd (63)
27 Aug, 1983Zahnow, Günter (63)

1984
7 Jan, 1984Säck, Franz (74)
21 Jan, 1984Scheringer, Heinz (76)
19 Feb, 1984Hippel, Friedrich von (69)
23 Feb, 1984Lange, Georg (91)
11 Mar, 1984Brümmer-Patzig, Helmut (93)
19 Mar, 1984Franze, Joachim (66)
15 May, 1984Piening, Adolf Cornelius (73)
7 Jun, 1984Fiebig, Günther (64)
14 Jun, 1984Zwarg, Heinz (66)
19 Jun, 1984Jeppener-Haltenhoff, Harald (76)
16 Jul, 1984Böhme, Kurt (67)
14 Aug, 1984Pauckstadt, Hans (77)
25 Aug, 1984Suhren, Reinhard (68)
1 Oct, 1984Poske, Hans-Georg Friedrich (79)
18 Dec, 1984Loewe, Axel-Olaf (76)

1985
11 May, 1985Preuss, Joachim (70)
7 Jul, 1985Jestel, Erwin (62)

1986
2 Jan, 1986Heydemann, Günther (72)
13 Jan, 1986Kallipke, Fritz (76)
19 Mar, 1986Prellberg, Wilfried (72)
18 Apr, 1986Lehmann-Willenbrock, Heinrich (74)
1 Jun, 1986Tillessen, Hans-Rutger (73)
5 Jul, 1986Schulz, Georg-Wilhelm (80)
22 Sep, 1986Albrecht, Fritz (66)
25 Oct, 1986Glattes, Gerhard (77)

1987
2 Jan, 1987Loeser, Paul-Karl (71)
11 Jan, 1987Seiler, Wolfgang (68)
17 Jan, 1987Wengel, Hans (72)
19 Mar, 1987Pancke, Karl-Wilhelm (71)
30 Apr, 1987Dauter, Helmut (67)
1 May, 1987Scholtz, Klaus (79)
3 Jun, 1987Schultze, Herbert (77)
6 Sep, 1987Reith, Hans-Erwin (67)
3 Nov, 1987Sturm, Kurt (81)

1988
7 Jan, 1988Pommerehne, Walter (79)
25 Jan, 1988Korth, Claus (76)
20 Feb, 1988Röther, Josef (80)
28 Feb, 1988Baumgärtel, Friedrich (64)
12 Mar, 1988Bauer, Ernst (74)
1 Apr, 1988Wendt, Werner (72)
5 Apr, 1988Eickstedt, Wolfgang (72)
13 May, 1988Guggenberger, Friedrich (73)
7 Oct, 1988Klapdor, Heinrich (74)
1 Dec, 1988Bart, Fritz (79)

1989
17 Jan, 1989Lorentz, Günther (75)
26 Apr, 1989Gysae, Robert (78)
18 Aug, 1989Rothkirch und Panthen, Siegfried (69)
15 Oct, 1989Reisener, Wolfgang (71)
5 Dec, 1989Kühl, Peter (67)

1990
23 Jan, 1990Dommes, Wilhelm (82)
2 Feb, 1990Ley, Wolfgang (69)
26 Feb, 1990Schuhart, Otto (80)
25 Mar, 1990Emmermann, Carl (75)
10 Apr, 1990Fuchs, Karl-Heinz (75)
29 May, 1990Lessing, Hermann (89)
17 Jun, 1990Kühn, Herbert (71)
25 Aug, 1990Kraus, Hans-Werner (75)
2 Oct, 1990Schauenburg, Rolf (77)
14 Oct, 1990Schewe, Georg (80)
26 Oct, 1990Rave, Ernst-Wolfgang (73)
7 Nov, 1990Frohberg, Günther (69)

1991
4 Jan, 1991Engel, Herbert (78)
4 Jan, 1991Thurmann, Helmut (76)
5 Jan, 1991Pulst, Günther (72)
20 Feb, 1991Michel, Georg-Heinz (81)
1 Mar, 1991Kaiser, Hermann (84)
1 Mar, 1991Strauch, Günter (82)
29 Mar, 1991Rabenau, Georg von (74)
23 May, 1991Stiebler, Wolf-Harro (83)
22 Jun, 1991Sohler, Herbert (82)
13 Jul, 1991Schumann-Hindenberg, Friedrich (78)
13 Oct, 1991Kneip, Albert (70)
21 Oct, 1991Zetzsche, Hans-Jürgen (76)
7 Nov, 1991Becker, Klaus (71)

1992
6 Jan, 1992Köhler, Otto (82)
10 Jan, 1992Kölle, Walther (84)
29 Feb, 1992Hartmann, Götz von (78)
3 Apr, 1992Guse, Joachim (70)
12 Apr, 1992Jahn, Gunter (81)
14 Apr, 1992Wenzel, Wolfgang (82)
6 Jun, 1992Hansen, Hans-Johann (74)
23 Jun, 1992Kaeding, Walter (76)
5 Jul, 1992Cremer, Peter-Erich (81)
7 Nov, 1992Schöler, Clemens (77)
25 Dec, 1992Meier, Alfred (85)

1993
1 Mar, 1993Götze, Hans (77)
3 Mar, 1993Reche, Reinhart (77)
23 Mar, 1993Geider, Horst (74)
2 May, 1993Merten, Karl-Friedrich (87)
15 May, 1993Fehler, Johann-Heinrich (82)
31 May, 1993Pfeifer, Werner (81)
31 May, 1993Plohr, Helmut (79)
13 Nov, 1993Hoschatt, Alfred (84)
19 Dec, 1993Ketels, Hans-Heinrich (75)
31 Dec, 1993Hoffmann, Rudolf (76)

1994
2 Mar, 1994Strenger, Hartmut (77)
7 Mar, 1994Fränzel, Otto (72)
4 May, 1994Bokelberg, Max (75)
7 May, 1994Neumann, Hermann (74)
31 May, 1994Jeschke, Hubert (73)
29 Aug, 1994Juli, Herbert (78)
16 Sep, 1994Süss, Walter (85)
7 Oct, 1994Grau, Peter-Ottmar (79)
3 Nov, 1994Flachsenberg, Walter (86)
22 Nov, 1994Rehren, Hellmut (72)

1995
24 Mar, 1995Wieduwilt, Helmut (75)
14 Apr, 1995Behrens, Udo (84)
19 May, 1995Borm, Carl (83)
13 Sep, 1995Godt, Eberhard (95)
18 Sep, 1995Meckel, Hans (85)
27 Sep, 1995Marbach, Karl-Heinz (78)
6 Nov, 1995Mengersen, Ernst (83)
27 Nov, 1995Wattenberg, Jürgen (94)

1996
9 Feb, 1996Bruder, Hermann (74)
29 Mar, 1996Mehl, Waldemar (81)
22 Aug, 1996Matz, Joachim (82)
13 Sep, 1996Schünemann, Horst (82)
28 Sep, 1996Maus, August (81)
22 Oct, 1996Mayer, Karl-Theodor (75)
17 Nov, 1996Moehle, Karl-Heinz (86)
26 Nov, 1996Ufermann, Fritz (84)
1 Dec, 1996Reschke, Franz-Georg (88)
10 Dec, 1996Linder, Gerhard (76)
21 Dec, 1996Dobratz, Kurt (92)
31 Dec, 1996Schlott, Heinrich (74)

1997
25 Feb, 1997Hauber, Hans-Gerold (83)
17 Mar, 1997Gerke, Ernst-August (75)
18 Mar, 1997Pich, Helmuth (82)
10 Apr, 1997Groth, Gerhard (79)
2 May, 1997Lott, Werner (89)
2 May, 1997Nordheimer, Hubert (80)
18 Jun, 1997Hübschen, Otto (77)
10 Jul, 1997Schiebusch, Günter (87)
27 Jul, 1997Liebe, Heinrich (89)
18 Aug, 1997Lindschau, Rolf (82)
29 Oct, 1997Stege, Friedrich (77)
2 Dec, 1997Gelhaus, Harald (82)
19 Dec, 1997Manseck, Helmut (83)
26 Dec, 1997Oehrn, Victor (90)

1998
12 May, 1998Vöge, Ulrich (78)
18 May, 1998Lamby, Hermann (84)
29 Jun, 1998Barschkis, Hans-Heinrich (78)
5 Aug, 1998Kretschmer, Otto (86)
13 Nov, 1998Wedemeyer, Heimar (92)

1999
2 Jan, 1999Krieg, Johann-Otto (79)
27 Jan, 1999Valentiner, Hans-Guido (80)
13 Feb, 1999Möllendorff, Goske von (80)
19 Apr, 1999Rinck, Hans (86)
19 Jul, 1999Willner, Horst (79)
5 Aug, 1999Deiring, Hugo (79)
27 Aug, 1999Simmermacher, Volker (80)
17 Sep, 1999Roth, Götz (79)
24 Sep, 1999Forstner, Baron Wolfgang Friedrich von (83)
14 Dec, 1999Görner, Friedrich-Karl (78)
16 Dec, 1999Zaubitzer, Joachim (81)

2000
19 Jan, 2000John, Alfred (79)
19 Jan, 2000Schroeteler, Heinrich-Andreas (84)
22 Feb, 2000Tiesler, Raimund (81)
14 Mar, 2000Wieboldt, Günter (81)
3 Jun, 2000Krech, Günther (85)
28 Jul, 2000Junker, Ottoheinrich (95)
13 Aug, 2000Bargsten, Klaus (88)
17 Aug, 2000Tiesenhausen, Freiherr Hans-Diedrich von (87)
4 Sep, 2000Schultze, Rudolf (78)

2001
20 Jan, 2001Hackländer, Burckhard (86)
7 Oct, 2001Rathke, Hellmut (90)

2002
Jan, 2002Richter, Freimut (80)
2 Feb, 2002Feindt, Hans-Arend (80)
17 May, 2002Koitschka, Siegfried (84)
5 Jun, 2002Pietzsch, Werner (85)
14 Aug, 2002Pahls, Heinrich (82)
Sep, 2002Brauel, Wilhelm (88)

2003
27 Mar, 2003Thomsen, Rolf (87)
31 Mar, 2003Baberg, Kurt (86)
5 Apr, 2003Franke, Heinz (87)

2004
15 Feb, 2004Thäter, Gerhard (87)
16 Dec, 2004Rösing, Hans Rudolf (99)

2005
23 Jan, 2005Brünning, Herbert (89)
7 Feb, 2005Kranich, Franz (91)
26 Mar, 2005Niester, Erich (83)
25 Aug, 2005Seeger, Sigurd (85)
3 Oct, 2005Witte, Helmut (90)
26 Dec, 2005Topp, Erich (91)

2006
5 Jan, 2006Bülow, Otto von (94)
16 May, 2006Tinschert, Otto (91)
22 Jun, 2006Elsinghorst, Josef (89)
30 Jun, 2006Kimmelmann, Walter (83)
25 Jul, 2006Schroeter, Horst von (87)

2007
1 Mar, 2007Diggins, Kurt (94)
20 Oct, 2007Christiansen, Uwe (87)

2008
29 Mar, 2008Hess, Hans-Georg (84)


Over 300 former U-boat Commanders who have died post-war (our post-war records are incomplete). According to our files 574 (40.65%) U-boat commanders died during the war.

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