Dietrich Gengelbach

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,190 tons

Born	7 Oct 1914		Salzwedel
Died	19 Dec 1941	(27)	North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1942		Kapitänleutnant (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-574	12 Jun 1941	19 Dec 1941 (+)	1 patrol (42 days)

Patrol info for Dietrich Gengelbach

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-574	8 Nov 1941	Kiel	19 Dec 1941	Sunk	Patrol 1,	42 days

Ships hit by Dietrich Gengelbach

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
19 Dec 1941	U-574	HMS Stanley (I 73)	1,190	br	HG-76
	1,190
1 ship sunk (1,190 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

19 Dec 1941

U-574

HMS Stanley (I 73)

1,190

HG-76

1,190

1 ship sunk (1,190 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.