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Dietrich von der Esch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 12.716 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 9.057 GRT

Born	31 Jan, 1915	Berlin-Charlottenburg
Died	29 Sep, 1944	South Atlantic

Ranks

1 Apr, 1942

Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-586	4 Sep, 1941	-	30 Sep, 1943	9 patrols (181 days)
U-606	14 Sep, 1942	-	26 Sep, 1942	1 patrol (13 days)
U-863	3 Nov, 1943	-	29 Sep, 1944 (+)	1 patrol (66 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-586	12 Jan, 1942	Kiel	12 Feb, 1942	Bergen		32 days
2.	U-586	16 Feb, 1942	Bergen	19 Feb, 1942	Trondheim	Patrol,	4 days
3.	U-586	14 Mar, 1942	Trondheim	22 Mar, 1942	Trondheim	Patrol,	9 days
4.	U-586	10 May, 1942	Trondheim	1 Jun, 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol,	23 days
5.	U-586	4 Jun, 1942	Skjomenfjord	6 Jun, 1942	Trondheim		3 days
6.	U-586	25 Jul, 1942	Trondheim	16 Aug, 1942	Narvik	Patrol,	23 days
7.	U-586	27 Aug, 1942	Narvik	31 Aug, 1942	Bergen		5 days
8.	U-606	14 Sep, 1942	Bergen	26 Sep, 1942	Bergen	Patrol,	13 days
9.	U-586	3 Oct, 1942	Bergen	5 Oct, 1942	Skjomenfjord		3 days
10.	U-586	11 Oct, 1942	Skjomenfjord	5 Nov, 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol,	26 days
11.	U-586	18 Nov, 1942	Skjomenfjord	1 Dec, 1942	Bergen	Patrol,	14 days
12.	U-586	6 Dec, 1942	Bergen	10 Dec, 1942	Kiel		5 days
13.	U-586	11 Dec, 1942	Kiel	11 Dec, 1942	Hamburg		1 days
14.	U-586	7 Feb, 1943	Hamburg	8 Feb, 1943	Kiel		2 days
15.	U-586	25 Feb, 1943	Kiel	1 Mar, 1943	Bergen		5 days
16.	U-586	2 Mar, 1943	Bergen	13 Mar, 1943	Narvik		12 days
17.	U-586	15 Mar, 1943	Narvik	16 Mar, 1943	Trondheim		2 days
18.	U-586	29 Mar, 1943	Trondheim	2 May, 1943	Bergen	Patrol,	35 days
19.	U-586	27 May, 1943	Bergen	31 May, 1943	Hammerfest		5 days
20.	U-586	5 Jun, 1943	Hammerfest	10 Jul, 1943	Narvik	Patrol,	36 days
21.	U-586	18 Jul, 1943	Narvik	19 Jul, 1943	Tromsö		2 days
22.	U-586	21 Jul, 1943	Tromsö	31 Jul, 1943	Narvik	Patrol,	11 days
23.	U-586	3 Aug, 1943	Narvik	4 Aug, 1943	Trondheim		2 days
24.	U-586	6 Aug, 1943	Trondheim	7 Aug, 1943	Bergen		2 days
25.	U-863	3 Jul, 1944	Kiel	5 Jul, 1944	Horten		3 days
26.	U-863	10 Jul, 1944	Horten	13 Jul, 1944	Bergen		4 days
27.	U-863	20 Jul, 1944	Bergen	21 Jul, 1944	Trondheim		2 days
28.	U-863	26 Jul, 1944	Trondheim	29 Sep, 1944	Sunk	Patrol,	66 days
					11 patrols, 260 days at sea

Ships hit by Dietrich von der Esch

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
9 Feb, 1942	U-586	Anna Knudsen	9.057		nw		damaged
2 Nov, 1942	U-586	Empire Gilbert	6.640		br

9 Mar, 1943	U-586	Puerto Rican	6.076		am	RA-53
			21.773
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.