The Men - U-boat Commanders

Karl-Jürg Wächter

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 12,556 GRT
1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 4,970 GRT
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,300 tons

Born  2 May 1916 Oberweissbach, Thüringen
Died  4 May 1945(29)Baltic Sea

Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 May 1937Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

 Iron Cross 2nd Class
 Iron Cross 1st Class
28 Dec 1943German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
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 for Karl-Jürg Wächter


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-223 12 Jan 1943  Kiel  6 Mar 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 1,54 days
2. U-223 15 Apr 1943  St. Nazaire  24 May 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 2,40 days
3. U-223 14 Sep 1943  St. Nazaire  16 Oct 1943  Toulon  Patrol 3,33 days
4. U-223 20 Nov 1943  Toulon  17 Dec 1943  Toulon  Patrol 4,28 days
4 patrols, 155 days at sea

Ships hit by Karl-Jürg Wächter

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
3 Feb 1943U-223 Dorchester5,649amSG-19
23 Feb 1943U-223 Winkler6,907paON-166
2 Oct 1943U-223 Stanmore (t.)4,970brKMS-27
11 Dec 1943U-223 HMS Cuckmere (K 299) (t.)1,300brKMS-34
 18,826

4 ships sunk (18,826 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders