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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, 1915Berlin-Charlottenburg
Died  29 Sep, 1944South Atlantic


Ranks

1 Apr, 1942Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-5864 Sep, 1941 - 30 Sep, 1943  9 patrols (181 days) 
U-60614 Sep, 1942 - 26 Sep, 1942  1 patrol (13 days) 
U-8633 Nov, 1943 - 29 Sep, 1944 (+)  1 patrol (66 days) 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture 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 BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
9 Feb, 1942 U-586Anna Knudsen9.057 nw damaged
2 Nov, 1942 U-586Empire Gilbert6.640 br 
 
9 Mar, 1943 U-586Puerto Rican6.076 am RA-53 
 21.773

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.


Books dealing with this subject include:

Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten, Spindler; Arno, 1932 (transl.)
Mit dem Einhorn gegen Engelland, Fröwis, Franz J., 1999


Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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