Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 1.517 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 12.896 GRT |
| Born | 20 May, 1919 | Neubrandenburg |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-539 | 4 Sep, 1943 | Kiel | 7 Sep, 1943 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-539 | 14 Sep, 1943 | Bergen | 23 Oct, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 40 days |
| 3. | U-539 | 29 Dec, 1943 | Lorient | 30 Dec, 1943 | Lorient | 2 days | |
| 4. | U-539 | 2 Jan, 1944 | Lorient | 21 Mar, 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 80 days |
| 5. | U-539 | 1 May, 1944 | St. Nazaire | 22 Sep, 1944 | Flensburg | Patrol, | 145 days |
| 6. | U-539 | 13 Apr, 1945 | Kiel | 20 Apr, 1945 | Horten | 8 days | |
| 7. | U-539 | 26 Apr, 1945 | Horten | 5 May, 1945 | Bergen, Norway | 10 days | |
| 3 patrols, 265 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 5 Jun, 1944 | U-539 | Pillory | 1.517 |  | pa | ||
| 11 Jun, 1944 | U-539 | Casandra | 2.701 |  | nl | damaged | |
| 4 Jul, 1944 | U-539 | Kittanning | 10.195 |  | am | damaged | |
| 14.413 | |||||||
* 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.