Karl-Jürg Wächter
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 12.556 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 4.970 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 1.300 tons |
| Born | 2 May, 1916 | Oberweissbach, Thüringen |
| Died | 4 May, 1945 | Baltic Sea |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-223 | 6 Jun, 1942 | - | 12 Jan, 1944 | 4 patrols (155 days) |
| U-2503 | 12 Nov, 1944 | - | 4 May, 1945 (+) | No war patrols |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-223 | 12 Jan, 1943 | Kiel | 6 Mar, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 54 days |
| 2. | U-223 | 15 Apr, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 24 May, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 40 days |
| 3. | U-223 | 14 Sep, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 16 Oct, 1943 | Toulon | Patrol, | 33 days |
| 4. | U-223 | 20 Nov, 1943 | Toulon | 17 Dec, 1943 | Toulon | Patrol, | 28 days |
| 4 patrols, 155 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Karl-Jürg Wächter
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 3 Feb, 1943 | U-223 | Dorchester | 5.649 |  | am | SG-19 | |
| 23 Feb, 1943 | U-223 | Winkler | 6.907 |  | pa | ON-166 | |
| 2 Oct, 1943 | U-223 | Stanmore | 4.970 |  | br | KMS-27 | total loss |
| 11 Dec, 1943 | U-223 | HMS Cuckmere (K 299) | 1.300 | | br | KMS-34 | total loss |
| 18.826 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.