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Konteradmiral G?nther Horstmann Cheers, Fernando

Next to information on the career of the Mr. Cohausz in the U-Bootwaffe 171 Cohausz, Hans 30-11-1907 Katernberg / Landkreis Essen / Preu?ische Rheinprovinz Linien Seeoffizier Eintritt in Reichsmarine / Kriegsmarine, Crew 1926 01-04-1926 Offiziersanw?rter 01-04-1928 F?hnrich zur See 01-06-1930 Oberf?hnrich zur See 01-10-1930 Leutnant zur See 01-07-1932 Oberleutnant zur See 01-04-1936 Kapit?nleutnant 01-02-1941 Korvettenkapit?n 01-08-1944 Fregattenkapit?n 05-1940 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. "U A" 09/39-10/40) 30-08-1940 U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as Kdt. "U A" 09/39-10/40) 30-08-1940 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. "U A" 09/39-10/40) 30/09/1935-21/12/1935 zur Verf?gung u. Tb-Lehrgang U-Boot-Waffe / Torpedoschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (At disposal of U-Boat service, Torpedos Training) 22/12/1935-05/01/1936 U-Lehrgang Unterseebootsschule, Kiel-Wik (U-Boat Course) 06/01/1936-18/01/1936 E.T.O-Lehrgang Torpedoschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (Torpedos Training)19/01/1936-03/04/1936 U-Lehrgang Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (U-Boat Course) 04/04/1936-09/04/1936 U.W.O-Lehrgang Marine-Nachrichtenschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (Communications Training Course) 10/04/1936-30/04/1936 Sch?leroffizier Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (Officer under Instruction) 01/05/1936-15/05/1936 zur Verf?gung FdU F?hrer der U-Boote, Kiel (At disposal) 16/05/1936-02/08/1936 Kommandant U 15 / U-Flottille Weddigen, Kiel (Commander. Kptlt. Hans Cohausz takes command of U 15 from Kptlt. Werner von Schmidt. Kptlt. Hans Cohausz was removed from the command and replaced by Oblt. Heinz Buchholz) 03/08/1936-21/09/1936 zur Verf?gung FdU F?hrer der U-Boote, Kiel (At disposal) 22/09/1936-07/10/1937 Baubelehrung U 30 Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG [AG Weser], Bremen / Lehrwerkstatt, Wilhelmshaven (Instruction in the final stage of construction in shipyard) 08/10/1936-31/10/1938 Kommandant U 30 / U-Flottille Saltzwedel, Wilhelmshaven (Commander. Served in Spanish waters during Spanish Civil War between 19/08/37-02/11/37 and 05/09/38-22/10/38. Kptlt. Hans Cohausz was replaced by Oblt. Fritz-Julius Lemp)01/11/1938-03/01/1939 zur Verf?gung U-Flottille Hundius, Wilhelmshaven (At disposal)04/01/1939-16/09/1939 Stabsoffizier 3 Asto FdU F?hrer der U-Boote, Wilhelmshaven (Staff Officer) 17/09/1939-31/10/1940 Kommandant U A / U-Flottille Wegener, Kiel u. 7.U-Flottille, Kiel (Commander. Made two transport sailings 10 days, completed one war patrol 85 days. Sank 5 cargo ships 20.932 GRT, sank 1 passenger ship converted into armed merchant cruiser 13.950 GRT and sank 1 tanker 5.824 GRT. KK Hans Cohausz was removed from the command and replaced by KK Hans Eckermann) 01/11/1940-14/02/1942 Flottillenchef 1.U-Flottille, Kiel / Brest (Flotilla Commander Officer)15/02/1942-14/05/1942 Kommandant U A / 7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire (Commander. KK Hans Cohausz takes command of U A from KK Hans Eckermann. Made one transfer sailing 2 days, completed one refuelling and resupply operation 41 days) 15/05/1942-19/12/1944 Flottillenchef 11.U-Flottille, Bergen (Flotilla Commander Officer)20/12/1944-08/05/1945 Kommandeur Torpedoschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (Commander Officer)08-05-1945 Kriegsgefangen nach Kapitulation. Britische Krieggefangenschaft im Kriegsgefangen Lager. Gefangenschaft entlassen in 25-08-1945 (Detained after capitulation. Released from captivity in 25-08-1945) 06-11-1994 Gestorben (Died) 1,2,3,5,9,11,12,26,46,47,55 Cheers, Fernando

884 Oesten, J?rgen Dieter Gustav Alexander 24-10-1913 Berlin-Grunewald / Potsdam / Preu?ische Provinz Brandenburg Linien Seeoffizier Eintritt in Reichsmarine / Kriegsmarine, Crew 1933 01-04-1933 Offiziersanw?rter 01-07-1934 F?hnrich zur See 01-04-1936 Oberf?hnrich zur See 01-10-1936 Leutnant zur See 01-06-1938 Oberleutnant zur See 01-03-1941 Kapit?nleutnant 01-12-1944 Korvettenkapit?n 06-06-1939 Deutsches Spanien Kreuz in Bronze ohne Schwerter (when serving in Leicht Kreuzer Karlsruhe 12/36-05/37) 21-12-1939 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 61 08/39-07/40) 11-01-1940 U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as Kdt. U 61 08/39-07/40) 28-02-1940 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 61 08/39-07/40) 26-03-1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (when serving as Kdt. U 106 09/40-10/41) 01-09-1944 U-Boots-Frontspange in Bronze (when serving as Kdt. U 861 09/43-05/45)Officer)Kommandant U 61 / U-Flottille Emsmann, Kiel u. 1.U-Flottile, Kiel (Commander. Completed eight war patrols 137 days. Made one transfer sailing 1 day. Sank 5 merchant ships 12.670 GRT, sank 1 tanker 6.998 GRT and damaged by a mine 1 merchant ship 4.434 GRT. Oblt. J?rgen Oesten was removed from the command and replaced by Kptlt. Wolf-Harro Stiebler) 24/09/1940-19/10/1941 Kommandant U 106 / 2.U-Flottille, Wilhelmshaven / Lorient (Commander. Made three war patrols 179 days. Sank 10 merchant ships 60.028 GRT, damaged 1 battleship 31.100 Dton and damaged 1 merchant ship 7.995 GRT. Kptlt. J?rgen Oesten was removed from the command and replaced by Oblt. Hermann Rasch) 02/09/1943-09/05/1945 Kommandant U 861 / 4.U-Flottille, Stettin; 12.U-Flottille, Bordeaux u. 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg (Commander, Made two war patrols 250 days. Made two transit sailing 3 days. Sank 1 merchant ship converted as troop transport 1.737 GRT, sank 3 merchant ships 20.311 GRT and damaged 1 tanker 8.139 GRT. Surrendered at Drontheim) 08-05-1945 Kriegsgefangen nach Kapitulation. Britische Krieggefangenschaft im Kriegsgefangen Lager. Gefangenschaft entlassen in 02-03-1947 (Detained after capitulation. British custody in POW Camp 172 Holywood Camp located in Belfast-Northern Ireland later transferred to Camp 9 Kempton Park Race Course located in Sunbury on Thames, Middx & Quorn Loughborough-Leicester, later transferred to Camp 18. Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle-Northumbria, later transferred to Camp 300 Wilton Park located in Beaconsfield-Buckinghamshire-England , later transferred to Camp 17 Lodge Moor Camp in Sheffield-England, tranfered again to Camp 18. Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle-Northumbria and finally transfered to Camp 168, Glen Mill in Wellyhole Road in Oldham, Lancashire-England. Released from captivity in 02-03-1947) Cheers, Fernando

Hello Nesredep Excuse but I do not have photos of Mr. R?ggeberg. Cheers, Fernando

1028 R?ggeberg, Rolf ? 04-03-1907 Barcelona / K?nigreich Spanien ? Linien Seeoffizier Eintritt in Reichsmarine, Crew 1926 ? 01-04-1926 Offiziersanw?rter 01-04-1928 F?hnrich zur See 01-06-1930 Oberf?hnrich zur See 01-10-1930 Leutnant zur See 1932 Oberleutnant zur See 01-04-1936 Kapit?nleutnant 01-04-1941 Korvettenkapit?n 01-11-1944 Fregattenkapit?n ? 23-10-1942 U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as Kdt. U 513 01/42-05/43)25-10-1942 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 513 01/42-05/43) 25-10-1942 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 513 01/42-05/43) ? 01/04/1941-30/05/1941 zur Verf?gung BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote Org., U.W.O-Lehrgang 1.Unterseeboots-Lehr-Division, Pillau (At disposal of U-Boat service, U-Boat Training Course) 31/05/1941-28/06/1941 U.T.O-Lehrgang Torpedoschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (Torpedos Training) 29/06/1941-27/07/1941 U.W.O-Lehrgang Marine-Nachrichtenschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (Communications Training Course) 08/1941- 11/1941 Kommandantensch?ler, Konfirmand U 107 [Hessler] / 2.U-Flottille, Lorient (Commander Sea Training. Completed one war patrol 66 days) 12/1941-09/01/1942 Baubelehrung U 513 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder / 8.K.L.A., Hamburg (Instruction in the final stage of construction in shipyard) 10/01/1942-14/05/1943 Kommandant U 513 / 4.U-Flottille, Stettin u. 10.U-Flottille, Lorient (Commander. Completed three war patrols 156 days, sank 2 merchant ships 12.789 GRT and damaged 1 merchant ship 7.174 GRT. KK. Rolf R?ggeberg was removed from the command and replaced by Kptlt. Friedrich Guggenberger) 06/1943-09/05/1945 Flottillenchef 13.U-Flottille, Drontheim (Flotilla Commander) ? 08-05-1945 Detained after capitulation. British war custody. Freed in 10-1945 ? 06-12-1979 Died 1,2,3,4,5,9,11,12,13,46,47 Chers, Fernando

Hello As you know on the subject only has two excellent works (Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine 1939-1945 by Walter Lohmann and Hans Hildebrand and German U-Boat Commanders by Rainer Busch and Hans-Joachim R?ll) and them I use are both, however I try to complement with more information from other books (about 150), informations from internet friends, internet sites and with some personal files or official fies Cheers, Fernando

Merten, Karl-Friedrich ? 15-08-1905 Posen / Stadtkreis Posen / Provinz Posen ? Linien Seeoffizier Eintritt in Reichsmarine, Crew 1926 ? 01-04-1926 Offiziersanw?rter 01-04-1928 F?hnrich zur See 01-06-1930 Oberf?hnrich zur See 01-10-1930 Leutnant zur See 01-04-1933 Oberleutnant zur See 01-04-1936 Kapit?nleutnant 01-04-1941 Korvettenkapit?n (with effect of 01-03-40 and rank length of service of 01-03-40) 01-01-1944 Fregattenkapit?n 15-04-1945 Kapit?n zur See ? 20-04-1938 Deutsches Spanien Kreuz in Bronze ohne Schwerter (when serving in Leicht Kreuzer Leipzig u. Leicht Kreuzer Karlsruhe 09/35-07/37) 02-10-1939 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (when serving as Ausbildungsoffizier Linienschiff Schleswig-Holstein 06/39-04/40)02-08-1941 U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as Kdt. U 68 02/41-01/43) 30-12-1941 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 68 02/41-01/43) 13-06-1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (when serving as Kdt. U 68 02/41-01/43) 09-10-1942 Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen (when serving as Ausbildungsoffizier Linienschiff Schleswig-Holstein 06/39-04/40) 16-11-1942 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (when serving as Kdt. U 68 02/41-01/43) 30-01-1943 Uboot-Kriegsabzeichen mit Brillanten (when serving as Kdt. U 68 02/41-01/43) 30-01-1944 Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern (when serving as Flottillenchef 24.U-Flottille 03/43-05/44) 29-10-1944 Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern (when serving as Flottillenchef 24.U-Flottille 06/44-03/45 ? 29/04/1940-02/06/1940 zur Verf?gung BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote Org., U.T.O-Lehrgang Torpedoschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (At disposal of U-Boat service. Torpedos Training) 03/06/1940-30/06/1940 U.W.O-Lehrgang Marine-Nachrichtenschule, Flensburg-M?rwik (Communications Training Course) 01/07/1940-29/09/1940 U.W.O-Lehrgang 1.Unterseeboots-Lehr-Division, Pillau (U-Boat Training Course) 30/09/1940-29/11/1940 KSL 24.U-Flottille, Memel (U-Boat Commander Torpedo Shooting Course) 30/11/1940-23/01/1941 Kommandantensch?ler, Konfirmand U 38 [Liebe] / 2.U-Flottille, Lorient (Commander Sea Training. Made one war patrol 35 days) 24/01/1941-10/02/1941 Baubelehrung U 68 Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG [A.G. Weser], Bremen / Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen (Instruction in the final stage of construction in shipyard) 11/02/1941-18/01/1943 Kommandant U 68 / 2.U-Flottille, Lorient (Commander. Completed five war patrols 363 days. Sank 20 cargo ships 114.459 GRT, sank 1 passenger ship 8.034 GRT, sank 5 tankers 39.493 GRT and sank 1 fleet oiler 8.145 GRT. KK. Karl-Friedrich Merten was removed from the command and replaced by Oblt. Albert Lauzemis)19/01/1943-28/02/1943 Flottillenchef in Vertretung 26.U-Flottille, Pillau (Temporary Flotilla Commander) 01/03/1943-09/05/1944 Flottillenchef 24.U-Flottille, Memel (Flotilla Commander) 10/05/1944-19/06/1944 zur Verf?gung F.d.U. Mitte, Kiel (At disposal) 20/06/1944-10/03/1945 Flottillenchef 24.U-Flottille, Memel (Flotilla Commander) 11/03/1945-23/04/1945 zur Verf?gung Marine Oberkommando Ost (At disposal) 24/04/1945-08/05/1945 Bataillonskommandeur 2.Marine-Infanterie-Division (Battalion Commander. Not begun) ? 25-06-1945 Detained after capitulation by U.S 318 Infantery Regiment in Biessenhofen-Bayern. Freed in 29-06-1945 ? 02-05-1993 Died in Waldshut / Tiengen 1,2,3,5,7,9,11,12,13,26 Cheers, Fernando