Helmut Möhlmann
| Helmut Möhlmann | |
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| Born |
25 June 1913 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Died | 12 April 1977 (aged 63) Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Kriegsmarine German Navy
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| Years of service | 1933–45 1960–70 |
| Rank |
Korvettenkapitän (Kriegsmarine) Fregattenkapitän (Bundesmarine) |
| Unit |
SSS Gorch Fock cruiser Karlsruhe tender Nordsee tender Saar cruiser Nürnberg torpedo boat Luchs |
| Commands held |
U-143 (9 December 1940–19 March 1941) U-52 (20 March–15 April 1941) U-571 (22 May 1941–31 May 1943) 14th U-boat Flotilla (15 December 1944–8 May 1945) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Helmut Möhlmann (25 June 1913 – 12 April 1977) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Möhlmann joined the Reichsmarine on 1 April 1933 as an Offiziersanwärter ("Officer Candidate") as a member of "Crew 1933" (the incoming class of 1933). He served aboard the light cruiser Nürnberg, rising steadily through the junior officer ranks, and during the first months of the war sailed on patrols on the torpedo boat Luchs as Oberleutnant zur See. In April 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force.
He commanded the training U-boats U-143 and U-52, and was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on 1 April 1941, before commissioning the Type VIIC U-boat U-571 in May.
Möhlmann made eight war patrols in U-571, in the Atlantic and the Arctic Sea, sinking seven ships totalling 47,169 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging one of 11,394 GRT. Especially successful was his fourth patrol in March–May 1942, in which during a single week he sank two ships of more than 10,000 tons. He left the U-boat in May 1943, and after a course at the Naval Academy at Berlin he served as a staff officer on the BdU in the Waffenabteilung ("Armaments Department").
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