Klaus Heinrich Bargsten
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
Successes 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 19,551 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 750 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,870 tons |
Born | 31 Oct 1911 | Bad Oldesloe | |
Died | 13 Aug 2000 | (88) | Bremen, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-563 | 27 Mar 1941 | 15 Mar 1942 | 4 patrols (90 days) |
U-521 | 3 Jun 1942 | 2 Jun 1943 | 3 patrols (172 days) |
Klaus Bargsten joined the Kriegsmarine in 1935 after previously serving in the merchant navy. He joined the U-boat force in 1939, and after a short period on U-6, he attended baubelehrung for U-99 and then served as IWO (1st Watch Officer) under Kptlt. Otto Kretschmer.
He left U-99 in January 1941 and in March commissioned U-563. On his second patrol he sank the British destroyer HMS Cossack (1,960 tons). After the third patrol he left the boat and three months later commissioned U-521. This boat was sunk on 2 June 1943 by the US sub chaser PC 565 100 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras (Niestlé, 1998). Kptlt. Bargsten was the sole survivor from the crew of 52, and afterwards spent more than three years in Allied captivity.
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Klaus Heinrich Bargsten
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-563 | 10 Jul 1941 | Kiel | 10 Jul 1941 | Helsingör | 1 days | ||
2. | U-563 | 27 Jul 1941 | Helsingör | 28 Jul 1941 | Bergen | 2 days | ||
3. | U-563 | 31 Jul 1941 | Bergen | 10 Sep 1941 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 42 days | |
4. | U-563 | 4 Oct 1941 | Brest | 1 Nov 1941 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 29 days | |
5. | U-563 | 29 Nov 1941 | Brest | 3 Dec 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 5 days | |
6. | U-563 | 21 Jan 1942 | Lorient | 3 Feb 1942 | Bergen | Patrol 4, | 14 days | |
7. | U-563 | 7 Feb 1942 | Bergen | 11 Feb 1942 | Hamburg | 5 days | ||
8. | U-521 | 3 Oct 1942 | Kiel | 4 Oct 1942 | Kristiansand | 2 days | ||
9. | U-521 | 6 Oct 1942 | Kristiansand | 8 Dec 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 5, | 64 days | |
10. | U-521 | 7 Jan 1943 | Lorient | 26 Mar 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 6, | 79 days | |
11. | U-521 | 5 May 1943 | Lorient | 2 Jun 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 7, | 29 days | |
7 patrols, 262 days at sea |
Ships hit by Klaus Heinrich Bargsten
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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24 Oct 1941 | U-563 | HMS Cossack (G 03) | 1,870 | br | HG-75 | |||
2 Nov 1942 | U-521 | Hartington | 5,496 | br | SC-107 | |||
3 Nov 1942 | U-521 | Hahira | 6,855 | am | SC-107 | |||
8 Feb 1943 | U-521 | HMS Bredon (T 223) | 750 | br | Gibr-2 | |||
18 Mar 1943 | U-521 | Molly Pitcher | 7,200 | am | UGS-6 | |||
22,171 | ||||||||
5 ships sunk (22,171 tons). Legend |
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