Robert Lübsen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  30 Sep 1916 Blexen, Oldenburg
Died  1 May 1944(27)Arctic Ocean


Ranks

3 Apr 1937 Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937 Seekadett
1 May 1938 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939 Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1944 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-277 21 Dec 1942 1 May 1944  (+)  6 patrols (183 days) 

Patrol info for Robert Lübsen

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-277 22 Jun 1943  Kiel  27 Jun 1943  Bergen   6 days
2. U-277 29 Jun 1943  Bergen  17 Aug 1943  Hammerfest  Patrol 1,50 days
3. U-277 29 Aug 1943  Hammerfest  10 Oct 1943  Narvik  Patrol 2,43 days
4. U-277 30 Oct 1943  Narvik  31 Oct 1943  Hammerfest   2 days
5. U-277 8 Nov 1943  Hammerfest  9 Nov 1943  Narvik   2 days
6. U-277 12 Nov 1943  Narvik  22 Dec 1943  Hammerfest  Patrol 3,41 days
7. U-277 23 Dec 1943  Hammerfest  6 Jan 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 4,15 days
8. U-277 8 Jan 1944  Hammerfest  10 Jan 1944  Narvik   3 days
9. U-277 12 Jan 1944  Narvik  14 Jan 1944  Trondheim   3 days
10. U-277 16 Jan 1944  Trondheim  18 Jan 1944  Bergen   3 days
11. U-277 20 Mar 1944  Bergen  23 Mar 1944  Narvik   4 days
12. U-277 25 Mar 1944  Narvik  6 Apr 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 5,13 days
13. U-277 11 Apr 1944  Hammerfest  1 May 1944  Sunk  Patrol 6,21 days
6 patrols, 183 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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