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

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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