The Men - U-boat Commanders

Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  12 Dec 1917 Schloss Maxlrain, Bad Aibling, Bavaria
Died  31 Dec 1980(63)Passau, Niederbayern, Germany

Ranks

16 Sep 1939 Offiziersanwärter
1 Dec 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

24 Nov 1942 Iron Cross 2nd Class
27 Jan 1943 U-boat War Badge 1939
1943 Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-922 1 Aug 1943 2 Nov 1943   No war patrols 
U-29 3 Nov 1943 17 Apr 1944   No war patrols 
UA 18 Apr 1944 15 Mar 1945   No war patrols 

Born 12 Dec 1917 in Schloss Maxlrain, Bad Aibling, Bavaria, Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg entered Crew X/1939. He served on the light cruiser Emden from Jul to Oct 1939. Duties were not recorded from Nov 1939 to Aug 1940 and from Dec 1940 to Jan 1941. He served on the torpedo boat T 12 from Sep to Nov 1940.

Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg commenced U-boat training, undergoing Watch Officer (WO) sea training and serving as Watch Officer from Feb 1941 to Mar 1942. He was First Watch Officer (IWO) on the type XB minelayer U-117 from Mar 1942 to May 1943, spending 150 days at sea on 4 war patrols.

Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg completed the commander's training course from Jun to Jul 1943, which included the commander's Torpedo Course 49. He attended U-boat Familiarization (Baubelehrung) in Jul 1943. Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg was promoted to Oblt. 1 Oct 1943.

He commissioned the new type VIIC boat U-922 on 1 Aug 1943 and commanded her until 2 Nov 1943. He then commanded the famous type VIIA school boat U-29 (that sank the British carrier HMS Courageous (50) on 17 Sep 1939) from 3 Nov 1943 to 3 Jul 1944. Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg commanded the type training boat U A from Apr 1944 to 15 Mar 1945.

He was then Company Commander of the 1st U-boat Training Unit (1 UAA) from Mar 1945 until capitulation.

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.


About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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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