The Men - The Commander listing

Paul Härtwig

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

Successes
8 ships sunk for a total of 26,383 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 900 tons

Born

14 Sep 1915

Stein, Vogtland

Paul Hartwig

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-517	21 Mar 1942	21 Nov 1942	2 patrols (78 days)

Personal information

Paul Hartwig joined the U-boat force in July 1940 and after five months of training he completed two patrols on the successful U-125.

In March 1942 he commissioned the Type IXC boat U-517 and on the boat's first patrol in Canadian waters during the summer of 1942 he sank nine ships.

BdU Admiral Dönitz commented on the patrol: "Outstanding first patrol of commander with a new boat." Unfortunately U-517 was sunk just four days after leaving Lorient on her second patrol. Paul Hartwig spent the time from November 1942 to the end of the war in Allied captivity.

After the war Hartwig joined the newly formed Bundesmarine and during the 1970s rose to the rank of Vice Admiral.

Patrol info for Paul Härtwig

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-517	8 Aug 1942	Kiel	19 Oct 1942	Lorient	Patrol 1,	73 days
2.	U-517	17 Nov 1942	Lorient	21 Nov 1942	Sunk	Patrol 2,	5 days
2 patrols, 78 days at sea

Ships hit by Paul Härtwig

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
27 Aug, 1942	U-517	Chatham	5,649		am	SG-6F
28 Aug, 1942	U-517	Arlyn	3,304		am	SG-6
3 Sep, 1942	U-517	Donald Stewart	1,781		ca	LN-7
7 Sep, 1942	U-517	Mount Pindus	5,729		gr	QS-33
7 Sep, 1942	U-517	Mount Taygetus	3,286		gr	QS-33
7 Sep, 1942	U-517	Oakton	1,727		ca	QS-33
11 Sep, 1942	U-517	HMCS Charlottetown (K 244)	900		ca	SQ-35
15 Sep, 1942	U-517	Inger Elisabeth	2,166		nw	SQ-36
15 Sep, 1942	U-517	Saturnus	2,741		nl	SQ-36
			27,283
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.