The Men - U-boat Commanders

Hans Dunkelberg

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,200 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 54 tons (lost aboard transport ships)

Born	7 Aug 1918		Mülheim, Ruhr
Died	15 Oct 1999	(81)	Mülheim/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1941		Destroyer War Badge
1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class
17 Jan 1944		U-boat War Badge 1939
Feb 1944		Iron Cross 1st Class
1945		U-boat Front Clasp

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-716	15 Apr 1943	24 Jan 1945	6 patrols (123 days)

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Hans Dunkelberg

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-716	11 Dec 1943	Kiel	14 Dec 1943	Bergen		4 days
2.	U-716	15 Dec 1943	Bergen	16 Jan 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 1,	33 days
3.	U-716	25 Jan 1944	Hammerfest	18 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 2,	25 days
4.	U-716	23 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	24 Feb 1944	Hammerfest		2 days
5.	U-716	24 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	24 Feb 1944	Narvik		1 days
6.	U-716	29 Feb 1944	Narvik	29 Feb 1944	Hammerfest		1 days
7.	U-716	1 Mar 1944	Hammerfest	7 Mar 1944	Narvik	Patrol 3,	7 days
8.	U-716	10 Mar 1944	Narvik	11 Mar 1944	Hammerfest		2 days
9.	U-716	30 Mar 1944	Hammerfest	17 Apr 1944	Bergen	Patrol 4,	19 days
10.	U-716	14 Jun 1944	Bergen	17 Jun 1944	Skjomenfjord		4 days
11.	U-716	20 Jun 1944	Skjomenfjord	22 Jul 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 5,	33 days
12.	U-716	23 Jul 1944	Hammerfest	25 Jul 1944	Narvik		3 days
13.	U-716	26 Jul 1944	Narvik	31 Jul 1944	Bergen		6 days
14.	U-716	17 Sep 1944	Bergen	22 Sep 1944	Kiel		6 days
15.	U-716	22 Sep 1944	Kiel	23 Sep 1944	Lübeck		2 days
16.	U-716	6 Oct 1944	Lübeck	6 Oct 1944	Kiel		1 days
17.	U-716	10 Oct 1944	Kiel	10 Oct 1944	Lübeck		1 days
18.	U-716	5 Nov 1944	Lübeck	6 Nov 1944	Kiel		2 days
19.	U-716	20 Nov 1944	Kiel	24 Nov 1944	Horten		5 days
20.	U-716	3 Dec 1944	Horten	7 Dec 1944	Harstad		5 days
21.	U-716	7 Jan 1945	Harstad	12 Jan 1945	Bogenbucht	Patrol 6,	6 days
6 patrols, 123 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans Dunkelberg

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
26 Jan 1944	U-716		Andrew G. Curtin	7,200		am	JW-56A
26 Jan 1944	U-716		USS PTC-39 [Trans.]	54		am	JW-56A
				7,254
2 ships sunk (7,254 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. [Trans.] indicates the vessel was lost while being transported on another vessel.

About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

Media links

U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)

German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders

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