Reiner Dierksen
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)
| Successes 10 ships sunk for a total of 45.850 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.457 GRT |
| Born | 24 Mar, 1908 | Esenshausen, Baden-Württemberg |
| Died | 15 May, 1943 | Cuban waters |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-176 | 21 Jul, 1942 | Kiel | 2 Oct, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 74 days |
| 2. | U-176 | 9 Nov, 1942 | Lorient | 18 Feb, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 102 days |
| 3. | U-176 | 6 Apr, 1943 | Lorient | 15 May, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 40 days |
| 3 patrols, 216 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Reiner Dierksen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 4 Aug, 1942 | U-176 | Richmond Castle | 7.798 |  | br | ||
| 8 Aug, 1942 | U-176 | Kelso | 3.956 | | br | SC-94 | |
| 8 Aug, 1942 | U-176 | Mount Kassion | 7.914 |  | gr | SC-94 | |
| 8 Aug, 1942 | U-176 | Trehata | 4.817 | | br | SC-94 | |
| 9 Aug, 1942 | U-176 | Radchurch | 3.701 | | br | SC-94 | |
| 25 Aug, 1942 | U-176 | Empire Breeze | 7.457 | | br | ON-122 | damaged |
| 27 Nov, 1942 | U-176 | Polydorus | 5.922 |  | nl | ON-145 | |
| 13 Dec, 1942 | U-176 | Scania | 1.629 |  | sw | ||
| 16 Dec, 1942 | U-176 | Observer | 5.881 | | br | ||
| 13 May, 1943 | U-176 | Mambi | 1.983 |  | cu | NC-18 | |
| 13 May, 1943 | U-176 | Nickeliner | 2.249 |  | am | NC-18 | |
| 53.307 | |||||||
* 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.