Klaus Köpke

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	5 Jan 1915		Hannover
Died	15 Nov 1942	(27)	Mediterranean

Ranks

5 Apr 1935		Offiziersanwärter
25 Sep 1935		Seekadett
1 Jul 1936		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-259	18 Feb 1942	15 Nov 1942 (+)	2 patrols (49 days)

Patrol info for Klaus Köpke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-259	29 Aug 1942	Kiel	5 Oct 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	38 days
2.	U-259	5 Nov 1942	La Pallice	15 Nov 1942	Sunk	Patrol 2,	11 days
2 patrols, 49 days at sea

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.