Kapitänleutnant Hans-Jürgen Auffermann - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 16,329 GRT
2 ships damaged, total tonnage 13,551 GRT
2 ships a total loss, total tonnage 8,202 GRT
| Born | 1 Oct 1914 | Göttingen | |
| Died | 8 Jul 1943 | (28) |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-69 | 24 Aug 1941 | 28 Aug 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-514 | 24 Jan 1942 | 8 Jul 1943 (+) | 4 patrols (199 days) |
Like many others Hans-Jürgen Auffermann went out with his first command under ever-increasing pressure from the Allies. He successfully operated his boat for almost 200 days at sea on his rather large type IXC boat U-514.
Auffermann and his entire crew was lost on 8 July 1943 when his boat was sunk by rockets from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/R) north-east of Cape Finisterre, Spain (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Hans-Jürgen Auffermann
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-514 | 12 Aug 1942 | Kiel | 13 Aug 1942 | Kristiansand | 2 days | ||
| 2. | U-514 | 15 Aug 1942 | Kristiansand | 9 Nov 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 87 days | |
| 3. | U-514 | 9 Dec 1942 | Lorient | 12 Feb 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 66 days | |
| 4. | U-514 | 15 Apr 1943 | Lorient | 22 May 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 38 days | |
| 5. | U-514 | 1 Jul 1943 | Lorient | 8 Jul 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 4, | 8 days | |
| 4 patrols, 199 days at sea |
Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Auffermann
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 1942 | U-514 |  | Helen Forsey | 167 |  | br | |
| 11 Sep 1942 | U-514 | | Cornwallis (d.) | 5,458 |  | ca | |
| 15 Sep 1942 | U-514 | | Kioto | 3,297 | | br | |
| 28 Sep 1942 | U-514 | | Ozório (t.) | 2,730 |  | bz | |
| 28 Sep 1942 | U-514 | | Lages (t.) | 5,472 | | bz | |
| 12 Oct 1942 | U-514 | | Steel Scientist | 5,688 |  | am | |
| 3 Jan 1943 | U-514 | British Vigilance (d.) | 8,093 | | br | TM-1 | |
| 27 Jan 1943 | U-514 | | Charles C. Pinckney | 7,177 | | am | UGS-4 |
| 38,082 | |||||||
6 ships sunk (24,531 tons) and 2 ships damaged (13,551 tons). Legend |
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