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Wilhelm Rollmann

Fregattenkapitän (Crew 26)


Successes
20 ships sunk for a total of 96.562 GRT
3 warships sunk for a total of 2.365 tons
2 ships sunk for a total of 4.957 GRT

Born  5 Aug, 1907Wilhelmshaven
Died  5 Nov, 1943South Atlantic


Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Rollmann

Ranks

12 Oct, 1926Seekadett
1 Apr, 1928Fähnrich zur See
1 May, 1930Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct, 1930Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1932Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1936Kapitänleutnant
1 Dec, 1940Korvettenkapitän
1 Nov, 1943Fregattenkapitän

Decorations

26 Sep, 1939Iron Cross 2nd Class
12 Nov, 1939U-boat War Badge 1939
7 Feb, 1940Iron Cross 1st Class
31 Jul, 1940Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-3426 Oct, 1938 - 28 Sep, 1940  7 patrols (190 days) 
U-84726 Jan, 1943 - 26 Jan, 1943  No war patrols (Transit)
U-84820 Feb, 1943 - 5 Nov, 1943 (+)  1 patrol (49 days) 

Personal information

Wilhelm Rollmann began his naval career in April 1926. Later he served on several ships, including the light cruiser Karlsruhe. In May 1937 he transferred to the U-boat force. After the usual training he took command of U-34 in October 1938. Two of his more notable successes were the sinking of the British destroyer HMS Whirlwind and the British submarine Spearfish.

After seven successful patrols he left the boat and became an instructor in the 2nd ULD (Unterseeboots-Lehr-Division).

On 20 February, 1943 he commissioned the U-848, a large Type IXD2 U-boat. The boat was sunk on her first patrol with all hands on 5 November, 1943 by US aircraft southwest of Ascension in the mid-Atlantic.


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-34 19 Aug, 1939  Wilhelmshaven 26 Sep, 1939  Wilhelmshaven Patrol,39 days
2. U-34 17 Oct, 1939  Wilhelmshaven 12 Nov, 1939  Wilhelmshaven Patrol,27 days
3. U-34 1 Jan, 1940  Wilhelmshaven 6 Feb, 1940  Wilhelmshaven Patrol,37 days
4. U-34 11 Mar, 1940  Wilhelmshaven 30 Mar, 1940  Wilhelmshaven Patrol,20 days
5. U-34 3 Apr, 1940  Wilhelmshaven 30 Apr, 1940  Wilhelmshaven Patrol,28 days
6. U-34 22 Jun, 1940  Wilhelmshaven 18 Jul, 1940  Lorient Patrol,27 days
7. U-34 23 Jul, 1940  Lorient 3 Aug, 1940  Wilhelmshaven Patrol,12 days
8. U-848 18 Sep, 1943  Kiel 5 Nov, 1943  Sunk Patrol,49 days

8 patrols, 239 days at sea

Ships hit by Wilhelm Rollmann


Date BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
7 Sep, 1939 U-34Pukkastan5.809 br 
8 Sep, 1939 U-34Kennebec5.548 br 
24 Sep, 1939 U-34Hanonia1.781 es captured
20 Oct, 1939 U-34Gustaf Adolf926 sw 
20 Oct, 1939 U-34Sea Venture2.327 br 
27 Oct, 1939 U-34Bronte5.317 br OB-25 
29 Oct, 1939 U-34Malabar7.976 br HX-5A 
9 Nov, 1939 U-34Snar3.176 nw captured
 
20 Jan, 1940 U-34Caroni River [Mine]7.807 br 
28 Jan, 1940 U-34Eleni Stathatou5.625 gr 
13 Apr, 1940 U-34HNoMS Frøya595 nw 
5 Jul, 1940 U-34HMS Whirlwind (D 30)1.100 br 
6 Jul, 1940 U-34Vapper4.543 es 
7 Jul, 1940 U-34Lucrecia2.584 nl 
9 Jul, 1940 U-34Tiiu1.865 es 
10 Jul, 1940 U-34Petsamo4.596 fi 
11 Jul, 1940 U-34Janna2.197 nw HX-54 
15 Jul, 1940 U-34Evdoxia2.018 gr 
17 Jul, 1940 U-34Naftilos3.531 gr 
26 Jul, 1940 U-34Accra9.337 br OB-188 
26 Jul, 1940 U-34Vinemoor4.359 br OB-188 
27 Jul, 1940 U-34Sambre5.260 br OB-188 
27 Jul, 1940 U-34Thiara10.364 br OB-188 
1 Aug, 1940 U-34HMS Spearfish (N 69)670 br 
 
2 Nov, 1943 U-848Baron Semple4.573 br 
 103.884

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine.


Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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