Helmut Rohweder

Korvettenkapitän (Ing.)
(Crew 1935)


Born 17 January, 1914 Hagen/Westfalen
Died 7 February 2008 Kiel

Helmut Rohweder

Decorations

08/03/1940 : Iron Cross 2nd class (EK II)
02/05/1940 : Ubootskriegsabzeichen 1939
12/04/1941 : Iron Cross 1st class (EK I)
07/08/1943 : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (113.)
14/11/1943 : Knights Cross (104.)
20/10/1944 : U-Boots-Frontspange in Bronze

Ranks

01/06/1936 Fähnrich (Ing.)
01/01/1938 Oberfähnrich (Ing.)
01/04/1938 Leutnant (Ing.) (42.)
01/10/1939 Oberleutnant (Ing.) (42.)
01/12/1942 Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (1.)
01/12/1944 Korvettenkapitän (Ing.)

U-boat Career

U-17 IIB LI, 3 patrols04.39 - 09.40
U-69 VIIC LI, 4 patrols11.40 - 11.41
U-514 IXC LI, 4 patrols 01.42 - 05.43
U-673 VIIC LI, 1 patrol06.44 - 10.44

(LI is an engineering officer, not U-boat commander)

Helmut Rohweder started his naval career in April 1935. Since 1938 he served in the U-boat force, where he became in April 1939 LI of U-17. Later he rode on U-69 and U-514. He got his Knights Cross for some emergency measures to save the damaged U-boat from sinking.

From May 1943 he served as leading engineer in the 12th, 4th and 6th Flotillas. In 1944 he became the LI of U-673 and was on board when the Turmumbau VI was tested on this U-boat.

After this patrol he served in several staff positions to the end of war.

Since 1956 he served in the Bundesmarine also in several staff positions. He left the Navy in March 1972 with a rank of a Kapitän zur See.


Sources:

Dörr, Manfred
Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Bootwaffe
Band 2. K - Z
Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1989
ISBN 3-7648-1153-6