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U-Boat Crew Lists
"Final Moments of U185" © S. Burbridge
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U-Boat Crews list maintainers:
Hubertus Weggelaar
and
Horst Schmeisser

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Currently there are 65,581 entries, including ships and administrative staff. If you have corrections or additions please email Hubertus.


Search results for U253

Found 47 matches


NameRankBornDiedNotes
[+ indicates died while crew of boat]
AckermannGerhardMtr23.01.192325.09.1942U-253+ mine. All crew lost
lost N.W.of Iceland. 67.00N. 23.00W.
AllesTheodorMaschGfr19.02.192325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
BallhausenFritzMaschGfr07.11.191925.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
BerntKarl-JosefMtrGfr27.04.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
BierbaumJosefMtrGfr20.06.192325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
ButtlerKarlMtrOGfr16.05.192225.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
ColsmannPeterOFähnr.z.S04.10.192221.12.1988U-74. U-97. U-253. U-150
serial/entry Crew of XII/1939
DietzRudolfMaschGfr19.12.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
EbertArthurOMechMt14.10.191225.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
EckhardtGerhardMaschMt21.09.191825.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
FrankeKurtMaschGfr25.01.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
FreudenbergWilhelmMaschMt12.06.191725.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
FriedrichsAdolfKpLt.01.06.4204.03.191425.09.1942Luftwaffe. U-98. 2WO.(06.41-08.41). U-253+ Cdr.(10.41-09.42). mine
birthplace Göttingen
lost N.W.of Iceland
serial/entry Crew of 1935
GlanznigJosefMaschGfr05.03.192225.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
GlasmacherMatthiasMaschGfr18.01.192325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
Graichen gen GeyHans-JoachimOLt.ing28.03.191725.09.1942U-253+LI. mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
serial/entry Crew of 1937a
HälsigRolfFkGfr24.01.192225.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
HausdorfWilliMaschMt28.09.192025.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
HeineGerhardMechGfr09.10.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
HeroldErnstMechGfr22.12.191925.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
HoffmannGebhartLt.z.S08.06.192025.09.1942U-253+ WO. mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
serial/entry Crew of 1938
HoffmannWernerMaschGfr12.11.192225.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
HolleWilhelmBtsMt09.07.191725.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
HundAdam-FranzFkGfr08.09.192314.12.1941"U-253+ while training fire on live in ship ""Lofjord"""
birthplace Worms
lost Danzig
HuppertzGeorgMtrOGfr01.10.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
JankeKarlMaschGfr01.12.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
JeschonekJohannMtrGfr23.02.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
KeiratFritzMaschGfr05.08.192325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
KödelKurtOMasch24.01.191725.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
KramerKarlMaschOGfr22.12.192025.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
KrohnFriedrichMaschGfr20.10.192125.09.1942U-253+ Mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
KümmelFritzOMasch11.11.191325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
MachuleManfredFahnr.z.S26.02.192425.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
serial/entry Crew of V/1941
MehrwaldKurtMaschGfr25.05.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
MetesAntonFkGfr11.04.192225.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
MöllerHerbertOStrm26.05.191325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
RothKarlFkMt08.11.191925.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
SchonsHans-RudolfLt.z.S23.01.192125.09.1942U-253+ WO. mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
serial/entry Crew of XII/1939
SchophausFritzBtsMt08.08.191925.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
SchulzeWilliMtrGfr13.08.192325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
SchuppanErichMaschMt24.08.192025.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
SchwarzWilliFkMt16.11.191925.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
SzetrickPaul-KarlMaschMt02.09.191725.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
WeidnerEdwinGfr17.10.192125.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
WeimannHans-GeorgOBtsMt17.02.191825.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
WendelerHeinzMtrGfr27.09.192025.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland
WeshsungKarlObGfr01.03.192325.09.1942U-253+ mine
lost N.W.of Iceland



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In Memoriam

There are no roses on a sailor's grave
No lilies on an ocean wave
The only tribute is the seagull's sweeps
And the teardrops that a sweetheart weeps
Special thanks to Hubertus Weggelaar and Horst Schmeisser for their valuable work in maintaining the crew list. If you have additions or corrections to information here please email Hubertus (in English) or Horst (in German/auf Deutsch).

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Hubertus, Horst and ubootwaffe.net would like to thank the following for their assistance:
Names listed in alphabetical order.
Fernando Almeida
Terry Andrews
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Pamela Armstrong
Eric-Jan Bakker
Heinz-Jürgen Baumann
Roland Berr
Glenn Bode
Rainer Bruns
Carl Evens
Wolfgang Freese
Hans Gerisch of U-410 & U-385
Roger Griffiths — very special thanks for searching the British Archives
Marc Haldimann
Christine Hillmann
Markus Hofmann and Andreas Angerer at www.u-boot-archiv.de
August Kirchner of U-1221
Wolfgang Klaue
Maurice Laarmann
Günter Labude  of U-642 & U-3518
Hans Mair, U-35.com
Rodney J Martin, www.u-434.com
Paul Mengelberg of U-5, U-39 and U-26
Herbert Meyer for DKiG lists
Juergen Meyer-Brenkhof,Fregattenkapitän aD
Jan Niemeier
Dr Axel Niestlé
Lawrence Paterson
David & Brenda Rayner
Laurent Rizzotti
Petra RoekU-1058
Horst Schmeisser [email protected] — very special thanks for his constant, long term help
Peter Schmid
Peter Sharpe
Rudolf Storm of U-968
Richard Sysum
Rudolf Stenzel of U-155
Ron Young
uboat.net forum members
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