Ralf-Reimar Wolfram

{{Short description|German naval officer (1912–1945)}}

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| name = Ralf-Reimar Wolfram

| birth_date = {{birth-date|31 March 1912}}

| death_date = {{death-date and age|9 February 1945|31 March 1912}}

| image = Ralf-Reimar Wolfram.jpg

| caption = Korvettenkapitän Ralf-Reimar Wolfram

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| birth_place = Wilhelmshaven, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

| death_place = {{GS|U-864||2}}, Norwegian Sea

| allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| branch = {{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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| rank = Korvettenkapitän

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| commands = {{GS|U-108|1940|2}}

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Ralf-Reimar Wolfram (31 March 1912 – 9 February 1945) was a Korvettenkapitän (lieutenant commander) during World War II. During his career he commanded two U-boats for a total of 118 days at sea spanning four patrols. During his third patrol he sank the {{SS|Robert Gray}}, an American liberty ship. Robert Gray was a straggler from convoy HX 234 en route to Britain.

For Wolfram's fourth patrol, he commanded {{GS|U-864||2}} during Operation Caesar. He was killed when U-864 was sunk by the British submarine {{HMS|Venturer|P68|2}}. This was the only known instance of one submerged submarine sinking another submerged submarine. U-864 remains Wolfram's grave to this day.

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  • {{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999b | isbn = 1-55750-186-6 }}

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